2008/8/16 Vincent Bernat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > OoO En cette fin de nuit blanche du samedi 16 août 2008, vers 06:47, > "Miriam Ruiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait : > >> Do you think AGPLv3 is DFSG-free? > > Hi Miriam! > > Some discussions have already taken place here. The outcome was AGPLv3 > was not DFSG free, but it wasn't really a sharp statement. See for > example: > http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-legal@lists.debian.org/msg38650.html > > Since I was not convinced, I was planning to upload clipperz, an AGPLv3 > licensed password manager and let ftp-masters decide if AGPLv3 is OK for > Debian. Unfortunately, there is another licensing problem (GPLv2 only > files) with it and I did not upload it. I am not aware of software > already in Debian and licensed with AGPLv3.
Hi Vincent, thanks a lot for your reply. Francesco Poli enumerates 2 concerns about the license [1], which remain unchanged: * There is not a clear definition of what a remote user is. * There is a use restriction, that may be associated with a significant cost. [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2007/09/msg00032.html 2008/8/16 Miriam Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, if you modify the > Program, your modified version must prominently offer all users > interacting with it remotely through a computer network (if your > version supports such interaction) an opportunity to receive the > Corresponding Source of your version by providing access to the > Corresponding Source from a network server at no charge, through some > standard or customary means of facilitating copying of software. This > Corresponding Source shall include the Corresponding Source for any > work covered by version 3 of the GNU General Public License that is > incorporated pursuant to the following paragraph. I think that the key element for me is what can be considered a user of a program. PySoy is a Python module that can (or will be able to) be used both in a game run locally, and in a game run remotely by using a Firefox plugin to connect to it. My main concern is about the ways in which AGPL might affect the locally run programs that connect to other people through a network. If I develop a 3D Jabber client using this library, for example, and I chat with other people using other Jabber clients, must I "prominently offer all users interacting with it remotely through a computer network [...] an opportunity to receive the Corresponding Source..."? Greetings, Miry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]