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The AGPL is great, even for business. I make a living from AGPL software. Lots of people generally don't like it, because AGPL was not written to please the lar
by mrwyz 2y ago
The AGPL is great, even for business. I make a living from AGPL software. Lots of people generally don't like it, because AGPL was not written to please the largest number of developers, but rather to protect the basic software freedoms of end-users. In a sense, the AGPL guarantees more freedoms, is more free, than other licenses such as MIT/BSD for end-users. But depends on the point of view.
Many developers don’t like to have their freedom to steal to be restricted by such strong terms as those imposed by the AGPL. And that’s a good thing for you, my fellow maintainers. It’s also a great thing for you, dear end-users.
- baggy_trough 2y ago"freedom to steal"?
- mrwyz 2y agoMIT/BSD and similar ones.
- baggy_trough 2y agoI don't know what you mean.
- mrwyz 2y agoBSD/MIT allows you to take code without any obligation to contribute back.
- baggy_trough 2y agoUsing code that is freely given is not in any sense stealing.
- mrwyz 2y agoOnly if you think taking the work of others and profiting from it without contributing anything back is fine.
- g15jv2dp 2y agoThe people who did the work obviously think it's fine, otherwise they wouldn't have licensed it under such a permissive licence.
- mrwyz 2y agoCertainly. MIT/BSD more or less says: steal away (but retain this license notice). In some cases that's desirable.
- baggy_trough 2y agoIs it stealing if somebody gives you a present and you accept it?
- bigstrat2003 2y agoI am not going to debate whether it's "fine", but it's certainly not stealing. If I make someone a beautiful necklace and they sell it in an auction, I might wish they hadn't done that with my gift - but they haven't stolen anything either.
- saul-paterson 2y agoSteal from the users of the software, yes. It's not about developers, it was never really about developers if we're talking copyleft licenses.
- sneak 2y agoUsing a gift freely given isn’t stealing. Just as all other forms of copying data are not stealing. Obviously.