On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:59:21 -0400 David Bremner wrote: > > > Hi All; Hi! > > I have been talking (with the help of Patrick Ohly) to the folks at > Funambol about how the AGPL section 13 (about providing source to > clients [1] ) is meant to apply to e.g. client code. > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.mobile.funambol.user/905 > > After some discussion, the FSF has updated their FAQ to address this question. > > http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AGPLv3ServerAsUser [...] > If one accepts this as authoritative (and yes, I realize this not > obvious to everyone on debian-legal), then it would address one of the > major concerns of the last round of AGPL discussion. Thanks for pointing out this FAQ. It could become the canonical interpretation of the license at some point in the future; however, individual copyright holders (other than the FSF) may always interpret the GNU AfferoGPL v3 differently... > > My question is whether the interpretation of "Section 13 does not > apply, unless you are using the code in Software as Service, in which > case it is not so unreasonable" would be enough to qualify software [2] > for debian main. I personally think that software solely released under the terms of the GNU AfferoGPL v3 fails to comply with the DFSG (i.e.: is non-free). The issues I see in the license are not limited to network clients only: http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2007/11/msg00233.html As always, my disclaimers are: IANAL, TINLA, IANADD, TINASOTODP. > If the FSF FAQ was not authoritative enough, I think > upstream might be willing to attach a clarification. IMO, the best thing that upstream can do to avoid freeness doubts is licensing under the terms of the GNU GPL, rather than choosing the GNU AfferoGPL. > > > CC's are welcome, but not mandatory; I will followup via the archives > (eventually :-) ) Cc:s added. -- On some search engines, searching for my nickname AND "nano-documents" may lead you to my website... ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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