[ale] Time to stir the pot

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Thu Jan 5 08:51:15 EST 2012


The hole that lets the actual code stay in house while serving data that
uses that code to non-in-house users, I.e. google.
On Jan 5, 2012 8:19 AM, "Michael Trausch" <mike at trausch.us> wrote:

> On 01/05/2012 07:41 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > Yes but internal use is parallel to personal use which is paramount to
> > gnu gpl philosophy.  V3 closes the hole that google exploits along with
> > other service providors. It's a Good Thing.
>
> Which hole is that?
>
> The only thing that I can think of is the AGPL, which requires that if
> you provide service over the network you must also convey source code.
> That's fine, but like all of the other GPL licenses, it is a
> double-edged sword.  The AGPL can be really awesome or really awful,
> depending on your point of view...
>
>        --- Mike
>
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