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> Don't run versions of ghostscript from 2012? Per Wikipedia: In February 2013, with version 9.07, Ghostscript changed its license from GPLv3 to GNU AGPL. Wi
by donnachangstein 2y ago
> Don't run versions of ghostscript from 2012?
Per Wikipedia:
In February 2013, with version 9.07, Ghostscript changed its license from GPLv3 to GNU AGPL.
With the AGPL license being legal kryptonite I wonder if license compatibility drove the decision (and how many other installations of Ghostscript share this concern)?
- duskwuff 2y ago> With the AGPL license being legal kryptonite I wonder if license compatibility drove the decision Unlikely. There's a number of other strong indications that basic maintenance was being neglected, including shell transcripts showing that at least one server was running FreeBSD 10.1 (released in 2014, end-of-life in 2018), and PHP code using the mysql extension (which was deprecated in PHP 5.6 = 2014 and removed in PHP 7.0 = 2015). It's probably not a coincidence that 4chan was sold to a new owner in 2015.
- Yeul 1y agoNot a lot of reputable advertisers want to associate themselves with 4chan I imagine.
- 1oooqooq 2y agouninformed or malicious FUD. agpl is no different than gpl if you're distributing applications. if you host the functionality of the application with improvements then it's rightly so cryptonite and you deserve it.
- anonfordays 2y agoSad to see less and less AGPL code out there. It's truly one if the best licenses to prevent the SV MO of taking shit they didn't make and selling it as if they did.
- immibis 2y agoI just relicensed a bunch of old code to AGPL, probably with little practical effect since it's old code: https://www.immibis.com/blog/relicensing https://www.immibis.com/blog/relicensing
- mr_toad 2y ago4chan aren’t modifying the Ghostscript code, why would they care about the license?