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> with GNU licenses, [competitors] may have to open source any changes they make. Only with AGPL, and only if the competitors expose APGL-licensed software for
by dozzie 10y ago
> with GNU licenses, [competitors] may have to open source any changes they make.
Only with AGPL, and only if the competitors expose APGL-licensed software for
interaction directly.
- fiatjaf 10y agoHow can you possibly know they've made changes to the software? Suppose they've started offering Sentry-with-a-twist, how can you know they modified Sentry code? They may as well have written a separate software running in a different stack, but interfacing with Sentry and with the users and providing the twist.
- dozzie 10y agoHow can I know? The same way as I know the vendor based their firmware on Linux, so I am entitled to receive a copy of source code. Meaning, I can't, technically.