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> without copyright there would be no viral licenses. ...and no purpose for them, as their work would be done.
by randallsquared 3y ago
> without copyright there would be no viral licenses.
...and no purpose for them, as their work would be done.
- SeanLuke 3y agoYou really don't understand the purpose of the Affero GPL?
- randallsquared 3y agoThe general purpose of copyleft is to turn the power of the copyright regime against its pernicious effects, and thus, neutralize copyright. That said, individual licenses may have more limited stated or actual goals that follow from a presumption that freedom of information will never actually be achieved.
- shagie 3y agoFor the AGPL, why isn't the GPL sufficient to turn the copyright regime on its head and neutralize copyright? Or do the people who release under the AGPL want something beyond what the GPL provides? And if that is the case, what can they use to get it other than the rights granted by copyright? Surely they could use something other than copyright to get that if it was possible.
- yakubin 3y agoNot really. All those GPL clauses about being forced to publish modifications would be null and void. All that GNU drama over companies taking Linux code and not publishing their modifications wouldn't hold any legal water.