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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was I the only one.. by TheJasper · 2007-11-19 22:44 · Score: 0, Offtopic

who read Afro gpl the first time around?
Re:Is this an EULA? by Anonymous Coward · 2007-11-20 01:54 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I think you have the correct answer. Hopefully someone will mod you up in the middle of this noise.
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(OT I have only gotten mod points once in the past 2 years despite many +5 posts and perfect karma. I used to get mod points so often that it was even slightly annoying. Maybe I'm on some kind of black list caused by metamods? Weird.)