On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 18:46:57 +0000 John Halton wrote: [...] > As regards the AGPL web server and other similar > hypotheticals, I think this would come down to user/community > pressure: i.e. if someone chooses a licence that is impractical then > either the software won't find many users, or the licensor will come > under pressure to move to a better licence. > > That makes the AGPL a bad licence in some circumstances, but I'm not > convinced it makes it non-free. IMHO the problem is: it seems that I cannot modify an AGPLv3'ed program into a web server without adopting contorted and unpractical (or even unfeasible) technical solutions or otherwise failing to comply with the license. This definitely smells as non-free, from my standpoint. As usual: IANAL, TINLA, IANADD, TINASOTODP. -- http://frx.netsons.org/doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.html Need to read a Debian testing installation walk-through? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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