Excerpts from Riley Baird's message of 2014-05-08 14:02:49 -0700: > >> So if Debian provides, say, a web frontend to Ghostscript, then with > >> AGPL Ghostscript running that web frontend as a service for others > >> only require an interface serving its sources if the _webmaster_ > >> changes the code for that frontend? > >> > >> Not if Debian makes changes to both the frontend and AGPL > >> Ghostscript? > >> > >> That seems like a loophole to me: If Google wants an advantage by > >> running better-than-ghostscript.google.com PDF convertor, they can > >> simply let another company/organisation/person be the "Debian" in > >> their chain and not need to reveal their patches to their users. > > > > You missed the hidden §18 (“No Loopholes Allowed”): > > https://lists.debian.org/20130711174500.ga22...@redhat.com > > I don't think that we can simply say "No Loopholes Allowed". Otherwise, > we could say the same of practically *any* license. > > As far as I can tell, nowhere in the AGPL (or the GPL for that matter), > does it say that you only have to offer the code if you haven't modified > it. You must offer the code if you distribute it (modified or > unmodified) - that way, you're guaranteeing that all users are able to > modify the program should they wish to. >
Section 15, paragraph1, sentence 1: "Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, if you modify the Program, your modified version must prominently offer all users interacting with it remotely through a computer network (if your version supports such interaction) an opportunity to receive the Corresponding Source of your version by providing access to the Corresponding Source from a network server at no charge, through some standard or customary means of facilitating copying of software. This Corresponding Source shall include the Corresponding Source for any work covered by version 3 of the GNU General Public License that is incorporated pursuant to the following paragraph." Nowhere does it say that the version you _use_ must prominently offer all users interacting with it ... only your modified version must do that. Not sure why they did that, but there it is. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1399584340-sup-5...@fewbar.com
