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> I've personally gone back to putting my (modest and used by nobody, to be fair) projects under GPLv3. Consider using the AGPL. Your users will be better pro
by enriquto 3y ago
> I've personally gone back to putting my (modest and used by nobody, to be fair) projects under GPLv3.
Consider using the AGPL. Your users will be better protected by that. (If they use your software via third-party server, the middlemen cannot forbid your users to access and modify your source code.)
- sokoloff 3y agoIf you think “your users” could include those middlemen, GPL might provide that subset of your users more useful/usable rights. There are reasons for all three of GPL, LGPL, and AGPL to exist. No one of them is best for all circumstances of software.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoTo me it's a balance of things. If I want to ever take external contributions, it's even harder with AGPL. So GPLv3 is sort of the compromise. The stuff I write isn't likely to be used by anybody who isn't "weird" and nerdy anyways so I don't fear theft from SaaS right now.
- NavinF 3y agoIn practice AGPL is treated like a source-available license, not an open-source license. Most devs keep their distance from it