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On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Frans Bouma <[email protected]> wrote:

> > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Frans Bouma <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
>
>         Oh! you're right, I forgot about that one, indeed. AGPL (A stands
> for aggressive? ;)) was the insane one.
>
>
The A is for Affero, and it is useful for a limited set of scenarios, like
RavenDB :-)


>        I still find it odd that to this day, the linking clause hasn't been
> widely disputed as stupid. For exmple the DbProviderFactory system in .NET:
> you never link to the ado.net provider, in memory the .net provider
> factory
> system links to it... violation? Judges really won't understand that, most
> of them can barely handle modern things like keyboards and mice. ;)
>

*snort*
Oh, absolutely.
More to the point, what happen when the link is not only at runtime, but
also provided courtesy of the user itself.
That is big enough headache...

> >
> > Actually, that scenario is safe. You aren't distributing your changes.
>
>         if you create the website for a client, you do. Many consultants
> don't get this, but creating software for a 3rd party IS distribution. Only
> if the creator himself uses the work it's not distribution.
>


No, it isn't.
I created the website on behalf of the customer. I am not distributing it,
because the customer has ownership on the code.

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