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dellsystem / wikinotes

A free and open source resource for the courses at McGill University.
https://wikinotes.ca
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[Boring] Licensing: why not AGPLv3? #182

Closed hugoroy closed 11 years ago

hugoroy commented 11 years ago

Hello,

I'm curious: why the choice of GPLv3 over AGPLv3? This license is exactly aims at programs like wikinotes that are hosted and accessed through a network by users. The license is up at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html It's exactly the same as GPLv3, except for clause `13. Remote Network Interaction; Use with the GNU General Public License.’

[my former university is heading towards all-Google. I'm really disappointed to see that, I'm curious if they'd be interested in wikinotes…]

dellsystem commented 11 years ago

Hi Hugo! Thanks for bringing this up. I went with the GPL because it was the license I was most familiar with when I started the project. You are right that the AGPL would be more appropriate for Wikinotes. I'm not too worried about licensing issues right now, so I'm going to close this for now, but perhaps I'll revisit this issue in the future.

hugoroy commented 11 years ago

It’s entirely up to you of course. But in these matters, the sooner the better: you’ll need agreement from all copyright holders.

Now I’ll just stop my AGPL advocating ☺

Thanks, Hugo