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Apparently licenses no longer have to actually meet all 10 of the criteria listed there to count as open source. OSI says AGPLv3 is open source, for example, ev
by tzs 10mo ago
Apparently licenses no longer have to actually meet all 10 of the criteria listed there to count as open source. OSI says AGPLv3 is open source, for example, even though it fails #10 ("No provision of the license may be predicated on any individual technology or style of interface").
AGPLv3 has provisions that are predicated on remote interaction over computer networks. Put modified AGPLv3 software on a computer that users interact with over RS232 terminals and you don't have to give users the source. Replace those RS232 terminals with X servers that let the users interact with the program over Ethernet and you do have to give those users the source.
- tremon 10mo agoThat's pure sophistry, do better. You can start by quoting the part of AGPLv3 that specifically mentions Ethernet. You also need to explain how a set of terminals connected via RS232 does not constitute a "computer network".
- tzs 10mo agoAn RS232 connection between serial ports on a computer and terminal has generally never been considered to be a network.