>>>>> On Tue, 04 Nov 2014, Luca Barbato wrote:

> - use AGPLv3 + as many exceptions as you like if you want something
> special, who doesn't agree with them has to stay with the vanilla
> agpl3 with all its forced "freedom".

I disagree. AGPL-3 only makes sense for programs that directly
interact with users via a web server or similar. Using it for other
packages can lead to awkward situations. (If you want an example,
we're currently bitten by Oracle's inappropriate use of AGPL-3 for
sys-libs/db:6.0 [1].)

Ulrich

[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=525110

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