Copyright arrangements for a web project

Ian Jackson ijackson at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Thu Dec 12 18:36:04 UTC 2013


Eitan Adler writes ("Re: Copyright arrangements for a web project"):
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Ian Jackson
> <ijackson at chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> > Eitan Adler writes ("Re: Copyright arrangements for a web project"):
> >> [AGPLv3] is the least-free license currently approved by the OSI.
> >
> > Just out of interest, would you describe the GPLv3 as "less free" than
> > the MIT licence ?
> 
> Yes: there are more restrictions using GPLv3 software than when using
> MIT software.  I fear we may be getting into a license flamewar so I
> shall only discuss further off-list.

I have heard views such as yours before.  I don't think it's necessary
to go into them in any more detail so we can save everyone the
flamewar.

Thanks,
Ian.


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