Thanks for the reply.. I am not in the law domain but if I undestood correcty you claim that a licence of the software like the GPL+clause of mandatory redistribution of source code in case of redistribution of products/services ("results") obtained with a modified version of the software woult it make the software not only GPLv3 incompatible but also would make it not being "free software" ?
Which of the basic "freedoms" would it be broked ?
I spent only few days in this matters, but I understood that a licence is compatible when the additional code add a restriction (eg. LGPL->GPL) and is uncompatible in the opposite case.. or am I going to simple ??
thanks, Antonello
On lunedì 3 dicembre 2007, Alex Hudson wrote:
It would also stop being free software, unless I'm missing something.
Whether you agree with the AGPL or not, it's a hack put in place because a user is never the recipient of a copy of (e.g.) a web app. If you have a copy of a free app, you're free to use and modify it however you please without having to redistribute it.
As you point out, the GPLv2 incompatibility rules this out on practical grounds anyway.
Cheers,
Alex.