I agree with Anthony, I think this type of license will limit the adoption greatly. Honestly I probably wont even look at the code now, not because I wasn't interested. Instead because 99% of my clients require to keep the code that makes their system unique and profitable.
-- Regards, Bruce On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Bruno Rocha <rochacbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Anthony <abasta...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> - License changed to AGPL3 (Gnu Afferro GPL) >> >> >> If I understand AGPL3 correctly, if someone deploys Movuca on a server, >> they will be required to allow all users of their website to download the >> entire source code of the site, including any customizations they make to >> the Movuca code in order to accommodate their app. I assume that will >> greatly limit its adoption. >> > > Yes, I wanted a way to keep it OPen Source and allow commercial use at > the same time. > > I want every one to be able to use it, customize it and deploys, sell > support, sell as a service. But I want to keep it Open Source (I mean, I > dont want someone to take the code and release a tool called "blablabla" > which is not open source) > > But, I think we can have closed plugins, acting in the same way as web2py > plugins. Someone can develop a plugin and release the plugin with any > license (not?) > > So if someone change the core, it will be needed to released the changes > as open source. > > -- > > Bruno Rocha > [http://rochacbruno.com.br] > > -- -- Regards, Bruce Wade http://ca.linkedin.com/in/brucelwade http://www.wadecybertech.com http://www.warplydesigned.com http://www.fitnessfriendsfinder.com
