Re: Free as in speech, but not as in beer
Op 24-03-15 om 21:21 schreef Don Armstrong:
> On Tue, 24 Mar 2015, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
>> Op 24-03-15 om 18:38 schreef Paul R. Tagliamonte:
>>
>>> Unless it allows modification and redistribution of this (and we do so),
>>
>> What when the DD who packages it, would package it with the 5 user
>> limitation?
>
> If it was actually AGPLed in its entirety, the maintainer would just
> remove code which enforced the 5 user limitation.
>
> On Tue, 24 Mar 2015, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
>> I choose not to name it at the moment.
>
> Based on the facts, you're probably talking about Servoy.[1]
No, it's other software. It's very new.
> They're probably doing some crazy AGPL bits on top of more restrictively
> licensed bits; since they're the copyright holder, they can do that, but
> it may mean that no one else can actually use and/or distribute the
> code.
No, it's plain AGPL v3. But he asks friendly not to remove some code and
then redistribute.
> In any event, without particular licenses and source files, we're having
> an academic discussion without concrete information or relation to
> Debian, which isn't on topic for debian-legal.
>
> 1: https://wiki.servoy.com/display/DOCS/Open+Source+FAQ
I've asked the developper if he likes the name of the software in this
discussion. He is thinking about it.
With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.
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Paul van der Vlis Linux systeembeheer, Groningen
http://www.vandervlis.nl/
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