Joachim Breitner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmmm, let’s see: If some company takes a hypothetical AGPL-licensed > variant of OpenOffice [...] put it on terminal servers, maybe with > expensive access ... > ... then, in the spirit of Free Software, I’ll be thankful that due to > the AGPL I, as a user, can get the source from it.
Like the GPL, the AGPL does not require one to *distribute* to all users, only your users, so unless you pay their expensive access fees, you don't get the improved version. > Therefore, not by word-by-word interpretation, but by respecting the > spirit of the DFSG in the light of new developments, I consider AGPL > licensed works as acceptable for Debian. (This is, in a sense, a > political statement.) Where is "required distribution" in the spirit of the DFSG? I don't see it. Freedom to distribute yes, but not requirement. Regards, -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]