FSF Releases AGPL License For Web Services

Posted by kdawson on Monday November 19, 2007 @04:55PM from the when-view-source-isn't-enough dept.

mako writes "The Free Software Foundation has released the Affero General Public license version 3. The license is essentially the GPLv3 with an added clause that requires that source code be distributed to users that interact with the application over a network. The license effectively extends copyright to Web applications. The new AGPL will have important effects for companies that, under the GPL, have no obligation to distribute changes to users on the Web. This release adds the license to the stable of official FSF licenses and is compatible with the GPLv3."

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really? by rucs_hack · 2007-11-19 22:43 · Score: 5, Insightful

The new AGPL will have important effects for companies that, under the GPL, have no obligation to distribute changes to users on the Web

Only if they use it. No-one's under an obligation to use a new version of a licence, and if they don't like the terms, they may steer clear of it to start with.