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yes that is correct

• its_so_on 14y ago
  Don't forget that web services are a great way around the gpl. Just slap a subscription fee on there and don't distribute the server-side code and you can do whatever you want with it and/or charge whatever you want for it without being in violation or giving a competitor a chance to copy you. worked for Google. gpl client-side code of course you cannot protect in this way (except your trademarks).
  • stanleydrew 14y ago
    But this is JavaScript to be run on top of WebRTC, which is a client-side API. So won't your code by definition be client-side if you use this?
    • zachrose 14y ago
      But then again isn't all client-side JavaScript open source?
      • stephenson 14y ago
        No, you can see the source, but thats not the same as "open source".
        • nkassis 14y ago
          this is an important distinction. Everything on the web is copyrighted and you can't just go and grab images/html/css/javascript without permission from the copyright holder. And view source isn't going to show you much when looking at sites like Gmail where the code is generated by a compiler that makes it as obtuse and unreadable as machinely possible.
        • rmc 14y ago
          Exactly. Think of it like a book. You can see the source code of a book (i.e. the individual letters), but you cannot copy it (without permission)
      • prodigal_erik 14y ago
        GPL requires that users have access to the preferred form for modifying the work. If you're using coffeescript or a state machine graph or whatever, the generated javascript is more like object code than maintainable source.
  • rauar 14y ago
    GPLv3 (the license used here) applies for web services as well AFAIK and imposes the same requirements for distribution.
    • adestefan 14y ago
      There was a draft of GPLv3 that included such a clause. This was dropped with the development of Affero GPL license. The final version of GPLv3 dropped all language regarding web services. If you want to use a GPL-like license for a web application, then the AGPL is the license to use.
      • rauar 14y ago
        Interesting. I was not aware that this was contained in the draft and then removed. Tnx for clarification.