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Re: Ghostscript licensing changed to AGPL



Quoting Jakub Wilk (2014-05-08 21:55:45)
> * Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>, 2014-05-08, 21:37:
>> So if Debian provides, say, a web frontend to Ghostscript, then with 
>> AGPL Ghostscript running that web frontend as a service for others 
>> only require an interface serving its sources if the _webmaster_ 
>> changes the code for that frontend?
>>
>> Not if Debian makes changes to both the frontend and AGPL 
>> Ghostscript?
>>
>> That seems like a loophole to me: If Google wants an advantage by 
>> running better-than-ghostscript.google.com PDF convertor, they can 
>> simply let another company/organisation/person be the "Debian" in 
>> their chain and not need to reveal their patches to their users.
>
> You missed the hidden §18 (“No Loopholes Allowed”):
> https://lists.debian.org/20130711174500.GA22990@redhat.com

Ah, right: The difference between programming logic and law reasoning.

Thanks for reminding - makes good sense.


 - Jonas

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