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You probably mean AGPL (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affero_General_Public_License https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affero_General_Public_License)? The GPL wouldn

by gst 11y ago

You probably mean AGPL (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affero_General_Public_License https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affero_General_Public_License)? The GPL wouldn't have made a difference, as it doesn't require you to release the source of something that you run as a web service.

MichaelCrawford 11y ago
The Web is the Ultimate Copy Protection http://advogato.org/article/216.html http://advogato.org/article/216.html
- PebblesHD 11y ago
  Fascinating article, and with original comments from 2000, neat! It's interesting to see the arguments for and against protections of these sorts haven't changed in a long time.
  - MichaelCrawford 11y ago
    I emailed the link to RMS. (He's very good about replying to mail.) He responded by saying that he was aware of the problem, and wanted to solve it but could not do so anytime soon.
    - MichaelCrawford 11y ago
      To be clear, I mailed him the link in 2000.