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How are they not distributing it if they send this JavaScript to each user notified? Of course it's JavaScript so maybe that counts as distributing the source.

• bitJericho 11y ago
  I think the FSF would consider this a distribution and require the backend to be released under the GPL. https://www.drupal.org/node/173294 https://www.drupal.org/node/173294 Er, actually it may be more complicated than that. You'll have to read the discussion.
  • lwf 11y ago
    Backend? IANAL, but using a frontend JS library under the GPL doesn't have implications for your backend per-se; they can be entirely separate works. You could argue about their frontend, though.
• olalonde 11y ago
  The AGPL was designed to fix this "loophole": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affero_General_Public_License https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affero_General_Public_License
  • teddyh 11y ago
    AGPL fixes this problem for backend code running on the web server, which is technically not distributed, so GPLv2 does not apply. For Javascript code, the code is distributed to the web browser, so even GPLv2 applies.