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Celebrating and nourishing creative communities
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Adopt GPLv2 #28

Closed zspencer closed 6 years ago

zspencer commented 6 years ago

In order to ensure that:

  1. Derivative works are strongly encouraged to be released into the public domain
  2. There is space for a vibrant, sustainable ecosystem around nourish.party

We believe that we should adopt the GPLv2, as that is used by several large, open source ecosystems such as Wordpress and Drupal.

This shall not be merged without unanimous consent by all founding contributors.

jtu0 commented 6 years ago

Why GPLv2 instead of GPLv3?

jtu0 commented 6 years ago

I found this guide pretty helpful in understanding the different OSS licenses: https://choosealicense.com/licenses/

zspencer commented 6 years ago

@jtu0 - I wanted to go with v2 instead of v3 because GPLv3 fully supports the loophole of "if you don't distribute the actual software, just the data, technically you don't have to distribute it"

That said, the APGLv3 seems to close that loophole intentionally whereas gplv2 leaves it as possibly open.

Sending an ALPLv3 version for your consideration.

bhaibel commented 6 years ago

If we go AGPL we should be careful about how we message our values regarding copyright, equity, etc -- many people are reluctant to contribute to AGPL projects because of the degree of power/control the license tends to vest in original copyright holders / maintainers. @jtu0, Aria Stewart is one such person and while I don't recall her argument precisely I remember it being well reasoned -- I'm sure she'd be happy to chat with you about it.