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So if I write a program that web scrapes a server that contains code with the GNU Affero GPL, do I have to open source my web scraper as well?
by asimjalis 17y ago
So if I write a program that web scrapes a server that contains code with the GNU Affero GPL, do I have to open source my web scraper as well?
- tptacek 17y agoNo.
- asimjalis 17y agoDid you read the article? "The GNU Affero General Public License is a modified version of the ordinary GNU GPL version 3. It has one added requirement: if you run the program on a server and let other users communicate with it there, your server must also allow them to download the source code corresponding to the program that it's running. If what's running there is your modified version of the program, the server's users must get the source code as you modified it." So if I write a program that is a front-end to a server that uses software with this license then my front-end program would also be affected by the license and will need to be open sourced. That seems like a straightforward implication.