Hi,

On Mittwoch, 10. Juli 2013, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Clint Byrum <spam...@debian.org> writes:
> > I do think AGPL complies with all of the clauses of the DFSG. There is
> > very little difference in an AGPLv3 licensed library as a GPLv3 licensed
> > library.
> 
> I agree from a licensing standpoint.
> 
> I think that, from a security standpoint, an AGPLv3 license on a library
> puts any software that links with that library in an extremely awkward and
> surprising security situation due to the prohibition on locally patching
> security vulnerabilities without disclosure. [...]
> Those kind of license terms are very awkward [...]

ouch :(

Thanks for "waking me up", Russ. :-)


cheers,
        Holger

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