AGPL closes the loophole where companies run projects as a service at which point they’re not distributing the source. Plain GPL only requires source modifications to be contributed back if the code is being distributed.
So, if you woud hypothetically run software over a network, you wouldn’t have to disclose the source under GPL, but under AGPL you would have to? Is that right?
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AGPL is the only way to ensure that open source stays open.
Out of curiosity, why AGPL specifically? Would licenses like GPL and BSD fail to achieve this?
AGPL closes the loophole where companies run projects as a service at which point they’re not distributing the source. Plain GPL only requires source modifications to be contributed back if the code is being distributed.
So, if you woud hypothetically run software over a network, you wouldn’t have to disclose the source under GPL, but under AGPL you would have to? Is that right?
yeah exactly
Cool, thanks for clearing that up. I get confused by legalese sometimes.
yeah it’s pretty nuanced stuff