For approval: GNU Affero General Public License

[Stormy Peters]

We are also using the AGPL in http://ossdiscovery.org.  We didn't consider
it a special purpose license when we choose it.

Stormy

On Jan 31, 2008 4:51 AM, Stefano Maffulli <maffulli at funambol.com> wrote:

> On Jan 30, 2008, at 6:43 PM, John Cowan wrote:
> > I question this.  The GPLv3 is widely used now, at least by
> > implication
> > for the "GPLv2 or later" projects, but that does not make the AGPLv3
> > widely used.  I'd classify it under "Special purpose licenses."
>
> I tend to disagree.  From what I understand, the meaning of "Special
> purpose" is the purpose of the writer of the license: that is, the
> writer is a public administration or has specific needs (like the Open
> Group for compliance testing). In fact, in that category you find
> licenses like NASA license or the OpenGroup Test License.  That would
> be the category for licenses from French public administration Cecill,
> or the EUPL from European Union.
>
> The AGPLv3, like GPLv3, even though it's not yet widely used, doesn't
> serve a 'special purpose' only because it closes the ASP loophole.
> /Stef
> --
> Stefano Maffulli
> Funambol Community manager
>
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