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is there an AGPL-like license built on top of GPLv2 and not GPLv3? I really like the philosophy behind GPLv2 and the AGPL - both focused on making sure code ch
by geokon 4y ago
is there an AGPL-like license built on top of GPLv2 and not GPLv3?
I really like the philosophy behind GPLv2 and the AGPL - both focused on making sure code changes get redistributed. But im not keen on the anti-Tivoization requirments .. i feel its an overstep and i find the linux kernel arguments for v2 convincing
- Macha 4y agoThere was AGPLv1 by Affero in the pre-GNU days but it is incompatible with GPLv2 software. So it has the similar lack of anti-tivo clause but you can't use GPLv2 dependencies. AGPLv3 software is only able to use GPLv3 dependencies because GPLv3 explicitly says so, otherwise it would be incompatible from the terms of the GPLv3 preventing further restrictions. And for completeness AGPLv2 was basically just a modified version of AGPLv1 that let you upgrade from AGPL licenses published by Affero Inc to those published by the FSF
- geokon 4y agoOh okay, I think I see the problem. GPLv2 wouldn't allow for something like that b/c it'd be introducing an extra "restriction" (forcing more people to disclose code than plain GPLv2) - while GPLv3 was designed with such an extension in mind. Thanks for taking the time to spell it out :) I somehow always missed this subtlety.