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Why the AGPL is often unenforceable (2015)(devever.net)
62 points by jj999 3y ago|107 comments
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by jj999 3y ago
Say I use a software with AGPL as license on my server. If my server doesn't output anything AGPL-licensed to its clients, where is the distribution? If there is no distribution, how can the AGPL be enforced?
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by jj999 3y ago
Except the developer of the code is not binded by the copyleft restriction. The developer can take his own code, modify it, and not release any modification. The copyleft requirement restrict what others developers can do with the code. If
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by jj999 3y ago
Dignity and respect result from fear. Who would you fear most between the tourist and the insane?
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by jj999 3y ago
What is the bare metal internet? Is it a series of tubes?
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by jj999 3y ago
I don't know how to call it but it seems to be a process similar to Mormon's lost boys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_boys_(Mormon_fundamentali...
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by jj999 3y ago
Depending how the law is implemented, it may only be a ministerial decision away.
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by jj999 3y ago
Aren't administrator named for life? If they are, it seems natural that they are getting older, like the Linux kernel leaders.
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by jj999 3y ago
How do you combine microtransactions with the need to be indexed by search engines? Microtransactions solve the issue of bad bots, and possibly websites monetization. But then do you want to give free pass to search engine crawlers? The big
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by jj999 3y ago
There isn't an universally agreed upon name for the planet we live on. >No single civilization coined the term, The english-speaking people coined the term. Everyone else use other terms. >“Earth” reflects our shared journey to u
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by jj999 3y ago
Did you ever vote? Between the very limited number of political leaning options available and the personal morality of the candidates, voters can never vote for a candidate they want but only for the candidate they least don't want.
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by jj999 3y ago
"Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submissi
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by jj999 3y ago
Indie shareware vendors predate "software companies with lots of capital" by decades. The big fishes seldom innovate anything.
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by jj999 3y ago
How do you intend to keep the grounded battery charged ?
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by jj999 3y ago
”The information highway will extend the electronic marketplace and make it the ultimate go-between, the universal middleman. Often the only humans involved in a transaction will be the actual buyer and seller. All the goods for sale in the
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by jj999 3y ago
If I translate a copyrighted work into another language is the translated work under copyright?