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So yes, it "triggers" (even) without distribution: the network service being directly accessible is a sufficient condition and the distribution not a necessary
by jraph 4y ago
So yes, it "triggers" (even) without distribution: the network service being directly accessible is a sufficient condition and the distribution not a necessary one (it is also a sufficient condition though).
- adrr 4y agoDistribution is network protocol which they claim copyright over. It only covers outside distribution and can't cover standardized protocols and formats because they don't own the copyright on those. If postgres was AGPL, they can't claim that ANSI SQL triggers copyright because ANSI SQL is owned by INCITS.
- jraph 4y agoI have hard time understanding your comment, and even your point actually. Distribution is distribution: sharing the binary / source code of the thing. Network protocols are not involved at all. Network connections between the software and the end-user are. If a particular implementation of ANSI SQL was AGPL, and you modified and used this particular implementation and exposed it to the world, you would need to redistribute the code of this particular implementation. But that does not change anything about ANSI SQL or about any other implementation of ANSI SQL.
- int_19h 4y agoProtocols aren't copyrightable.