[License-discuss] For Discussion: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 with NonCommercial Exception

[Kevin P. Fleming]

On Mon, Aug 3, 2026, at 09:00, Stefano Maffulli wrote:
> On 8/2/26 18:21, Shao Kai via License-discuss wrote:
>>    1. Does the non-commercial exemption as defined in the additional
>>       permission raise any concerns regarding OSD Section 6 (No
>>       Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor)?
>
> Yes, unequivocally. It's stated in 
> https://opensource.org/licenses/common-reasons-for-rejection-of-licenses
>
> I haven't processed the other questions.

That was my additional reaction too, but I'm willing to consider that 'additional permissions' may be acceptable on a field-of-endeavor basis where 'fewer permissions' are not, as long as the baseline set of permissions would otherwise be compatible with the OSD.