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They say "you can do whatever you want with it" ... but then license it under the AGPL. The name is funny but fleeting.

• stevedekorte 16y ago
  The AGPL won't allow others to do anything they want with it. A public domain license would. And a BSD/MIT license would be closer to a public domain license.
  • igorgue 16y ago
    "public domain" is not a license.
    • MikeCapone 16y ago
      It's still a legal creation that acts as a license.
      • sp332 16y ago
        Not in all jurisdictions. In some places, you can never abjure all of your rights (or responsibilities) as owner of intellectual property.
        • joubert 16y ago
          I'm curious, in which jurisdictions are you not able to generate IP that you choose not to own?
          • eru 16y ago
            Germany.
            • joubert 16y ago
              so does this mean that nothing created in germany can be in the public domain in germany / europe?
              • sp332 16y ago
                Yes. You made it, you own it. (Until you explicitly transfer ownership to someone else.)
                • eru 16y ago
                  And then you still retain the moral right, or something like that.
      • eru 16y ago
        In some countries.
  • ube 16y ago
    I'm not sure that is correct - look at the web applications that use the AGPL license: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AGPL_web_applications http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AGPL_web_applications It seems to me this would allow the service provider approach and the ability to also have a commercial part (like the Funambol dual licensing approach...i.e. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funambol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funambol). This doesn't seem like an overtly nefarious scheme to reach for your $5 :-)
• sp332 16y ago
  They might dual-license it. It doesn't seem like they've put much thought into the design yet, maybe if you just email them they'll give you whatever license you want.