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I don't think the commercial aspect of AGPL helps me a lot since my app will use Electron to let people make Electron apps, and there's no way to keep Electron
by sbjs 8y ago
I don't think the commercial aspect of AGPL helps me a lot since my app will use Electron to let people make Electron apps, and there's no way to keep Electron apps closed source. But it does sound like it protects me in the event that I get a source of donations from Patreon, so that contributors can't sue me to get some of the donations since they would have to sign an agreement. That said, I am not opposed to sharing donations with contributors based on contribution percentages, knowing I would be the one writing almost all the code. But I don't understand the legality of all this and I am wondering if they'd be open to suing to get some of the donation money! I try to be business minded like this because even though most of humanity tries to do the right thing, there's always eventually some bad actors who come in and try to take advantage of people.
- aroberge 8y agoI am not a lawyer ... Patreon allow people to get money from their "fans". You could make one or one hundred different app, each with their own licence, and it would (should) be irrelevant for support you get through Patreon.
- lucideer 8y ago> there's no way to keep Electron apps closed source Please don't confuse open-source with visible-source. If you release an All Rights Reserved Electron app, no-one can legally copy the code, even if it's viewable. See, for example, the closed-but-viewable-source Vivaldi browser.
- sbjs 8y agoI did not know that, thank you! This opens up a lot of possibilities...