Affero Licence/AGPL

[Chris DiBona]

No, I'm not interested, I think that the AGPL needs some improvement.
I feel that the idea that you can quantify when network-socket usage
becomes web performance is specious and needs either:

1) better specification
2) more time as a license until the gut feeling of what it means can
be discovered.

That said, if someone else submitted it, I think it would be quite a
debate. Just saying...

Chris

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 10:32 PM, Ryan Cross <ryanecross at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
>  I did notice that you had submitted the GPL3 license for approval in
>  the archives.  Would you be interested in submitting the AGPL3? It
>  might be better since you are already familiar with the process and
>  background. I have subscribed to the approval mailing list and could
>  propose it myself if necessary, other wise I would be there to support
>  the application.
>
>  Thanks,
>  Ryan
>
>
>
>  On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Chris DiBona <cdibona at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > I submitted the gplv3, I did not submit the agpl as part of that.
>  >
>  >  Chris
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 9:41 PM, Ben Tilly <btilly at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Ryan Cross <ryanecross at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  >  > Hi,
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  >  Is there any status or information regarding the GNU Affero General
>  >  >  >  Public License? It is mentioned as part of the GPL3, so it might be
>  >  >  >  approved by proxy. Is there a similar license that is more prevalent
>  >  >  >  than the AGPL? I am aware of the Honest Public License that is
>  >  >  >  basically the same, but doesn't seem to have any wide spread usage.
>  >  >
>  >  >  I don't have any, and I don't remember it being submitted.
>  >  >
>  >  >  It is a different license.  It would need its own approval.  I would
>  >  >  think that it would be easy to approve it, but it needs to be
>  >  >  submitted.
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  >  >  I would like to get the AGPL approved if it needs to be, but I
>  >  >  >  probably don't count as the license steward. Does anyone else know
>  >  >  >  anything else in this regard?
>  >  >
>  >  >  I don't believe that the FSF submitted the GPL v3.  So you may be able
>  >  >  to submit the AGPL.
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  >  >  Thanks,
>  >  >  >  Ryan
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  >  P.S. Is this list acceptable to ask for licensing help for a project?
>  >  >
>  >  >  There are lots of people here with licensing *knowledge*.  So you
>  >  >  could ask a targeted question and you'd probably get fairly good
>  >  >  answers.  But it is off topic.
>  >  >
>  >  >  Ben
>  >  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
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>



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