Hello "License Discuss", Have there been attempts / is there interest in making a network-copyleft license like the AGPLv3 without requiring "Installation Information" (known as 'anti-Tivoization')? I feel there is a gap, and it should be easy to base it on AGPLv3. Or, more permissive licenses are also fine, as long as they are network copy-left.
For a network server project, I currently use the AGPLv3 because network-copyleft is important to me. I never gave the Installation Information requirement much thought, but now there's interest from a hardware manufacturer to include the software. I have written up a draft of the required AGPLv3 exception, but I'm troubled by it. As by the famous Linus Torvalds rant [2], somebody can fork it, and remove the exception. If they then become popular, they can even out of spite remove the exception and I can't take the changes back. This seems very anti open-source. Theoretically, I could very easily make a copy of the AGPLv3 and remove the Installation Information requirement to make a custom license. It wouldn't have compatibility with (A)GPL3, but that excluded GPL2 already anyway, and is one-way (because of the exception). If I do make one, I could offer it for review, hence my polling for interest. I see MongoDB also tried something similar [1] but failed, but that license was more restrictive, not less. Or, is there simply an existing alternative? Regards, Wiebe [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Side_Public_License [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaKIZ7gJlRU _______________________________________________ The opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender and not necessarily those of the Open Source Initiative. Official statements by the Open Source Initiative will be sent from an opensource.org email address. License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@lists.opensource.org http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org
