[License-discuss] Thoughts on the Pretix License?

[James]

On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 2:58 PM Josh Berkus <josh at berkus.org> wrote:
>
> On 9/23/24 11:28, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> > I'm not excited about the attribution notice requirement indicating that a specific word in the notice must be a hyperlink to a specific URL, but given the nature of the software compliance should be easy, and if that URL becomes dead at some point no harm is done.
>
> Oh, wait, that's a straight-up badgeware clause, and one that I would
> argue is OSD-violating, since it prevents using the code for anything
> that doesn't involve full web pages.
>
> It's also a pretty gross perversion of AGPL clause 7b, that's not what
> 7b is for.
>
> --
> Josh Berkus

I think their use of AGPL with the exception in this case is entirely
reasonable. The reasons they have for putting those additional terms
are entirely sane, and they're not doing it to be malicious. And if
you don't like them, you can remove them of course and be pure AGPL.

I think we need more of this in tech, not less, since they're trying
to sustain their business in a reasonable way. AFAICT.

One way to pay for Free Software!

Cheers,
James