That post is strange regarding its use of licenses and implications, and also is probably some years old (it is hard to say, without a date / timestamp in it).

That post is strange regarding its use of licenses and implications, and also is probably some years old (it is hard to say, without a date / timestamp in it). a) The GPL does not enforce "giving back" for server software, if that software is only running on servers but not provided for download. The Affero GPL [1] is meant to close this "gap". b) Lamson 1.0, released almost two years ago [2], is actually licensed BSD/GPL, making the point of the post moot, unless it was written before the release. [1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-affero-gpl.en.html http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-affero-gpl.en.html [2] http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2010-07-07.html http://lamsonproject.org/blog/2010-07-07.html