Cem Karan wrote:
> The theory for contract-based licenses like the ARL OSL is that either a)
> everyone keeps to the terms of the license (forming a chain), or b) if
> someone breaks the terms, they have broken the contract with their immediate
> predecessor in the chain of contracts, and by in
Thanks for summarizing; I think you and I agree :-)
I cannot envision any sort of contract which is designed to allow access to
the code, with modification, distribution, derivation, and other
permissions, but which also allows the USG to enforce any sort of
restrictions on those activities (given
> AGPL doesn't affect for-profit hosting.
Not directly, of course, but it will discourage any BigCo running off to kill
you with proprietary extensions that they host. Which is why I said it's as
close in spirit as you can get on this side of open source.
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Very interesting write-up, Maarten. Thanks for writing and sharing it!
The MET PD image database is pretty awesome work on their part. I referenced
some materials from there a couple month myself despite not noticing they put
an NC clause on it. Personally, I can’t imagine them having standi
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