Re: Final text of AGPL v3
John Halton <johnhalton@gmail.com> wrote:
> As I've said before, I have some hesitations about the AGPL and its
> possible consequences. However, we shouldn't underestimate the effects
> of community pressure to help counteract the potential problems: if
> the AGPL is (ab)used in an inappropriate way by a particular project
> then the developers would come under community pressure to bring about
> a change in the licensing terms. There are plenty of examples of
> licensing changes in response to that sort of pressure.
There are also examples where a company did not do anything until they
were served with legal papers. If you are only going to resort to
community pressure, then you might as well just make it a non-binding
request rather than a legal requirement.
Cheers,
Walter Landry
wlandry@caltech.edu
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