For approval: GNU Affero General Public License

John Cowan cowan at ccil.org
Wed Jan 30 17:43:44 UTC 2008


> Funambol has adopted the GNU Affero GPLv3 license ("AGPLv3") and  
> wishes to submit the AGPLv3 to OSI for approval. 

I support this.

> The license proliferation category is "Licenses that are popular and  
> widely used or with strong communities".

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."

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Jurchen tribes under the leadership of the      cowan at ccil.org
Manchus, his successor Abahai (1592-1643)
issued an order that the name Jurchen should       --S. Robert Ramsey,
be banned, and from then on, they were all           The Languages of China
to be called Manchus.



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