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> Obligatory: I’m not a lawyer; this is for informational purposes only. The issue with the AGPL is that you really need to be a lawyer to understand the nuanc
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y ago
> Obligatory: I’m not a lawyer; this is for informational purposes only.
The issue with the AGPL is that you really need to be a lawyer to understand the nuances. What constitutes a “derived work”. What is the precedent for what is a “derived work”?
With MIT, BSD, you put in the attribution and call it a day.
- varajelle 5y ago> With MIT, BSD, you put in the attribution and call it a day. Where exactly and how do you need to put the attribution? You still need to be a lawyer to be able to answer this question. Meanwhile many project just copy paste MIT and BSD code and just "forget" the attribution.
- Klasiaster 5y agoAgree with the ignorance for attribution demands. Apache 2.0 is also everywhere yet nobody takes it seriously (it demands a lot!) and just treats it like the 1-clause BSD license.
- pabs3 5y agoWhen I have reported MIT/BSD license violations, the copyright holders have just said they don't care.
- haukem 5y agoFrom my experience most commercial software licenses are much harder to understand. Especially if you want to redistribute commercial software and do not want to pay for it, it gets very complicated.