For approval: GNU Affero General Public License

[Rick Moen]

Quoting John Cowan (cowan at ccil.org):

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

AGPLv3 continues to look OSD-compliant, to me.

> > 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."

I'd definitely concur.

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