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> an even stronger copyleft than the agpl Which is a red flag. The AGPL was basically designed to be the strongest possible copyleft FOSS license. When people
by josephcsible 3y ago
> an even stronger copyleft than the agpl
Which is a red flag. The AGPL was basically designed to be the strongest possible copyleft FOSS license. When people try to make even stronger ones, they usually end up making something that's neither free nor open source (e.g., the SSPL), and that's exactly what ended up happening here.
- LexiMax 3y ago> When people try to make even stronger ones, they usually end up making something that's neither free nor open source "If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?" The FSF's stewardship of copyleft has led us to the current status quo, where the GPLv2 is still incredibly common compared to v3, the AGPL is considered niche, and it seems most developers these days prefer permissive licenses anyway. These kinds of new licenses are exactly the breath of fresh air we need. If the existing free software/open source dogma says they're bad, maybe it's the dogma that's wrong.