Re: [Koha-devel] [Koha] Proposal To Switch Koha's License to GPLv3 and AGPLv3 or AGPLv3

2010-05-19 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On ke, 2010-05-19 at 07:23 -0400, Chris Nighswonger wrote: > Given that this discussion has been somewhat carried on through the > wiki (http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_Meeting,_June_2_2010), > I thought it would be good to keep it on list as well. For what it's worth, I agree: it's be

Re: [Koha-devel] [Koha] Proposal To Switch Koha's License to GPLv3 and AGPLv3 or AGPLv3

2010-05-19 Thread Chris Nighswonger
Given that this discussion has been somewhat carried on through the wiki (http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_Meeting,_June_2_2010), I thought it would be good to keep it on list as well. MJ posts the following argument to the above referenced agenda: > * AGPL does not prevent unfriendly

Re: [Koha-devel] [Koha] Proposal To Switch Koha's License to GPLv3 and AGPLv3 or AGPLv3

2010-05-11 Thread Galen Charlton
Hi, On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Michael Hafen wrote: > This would be true if time were not a finite resource.  Unfortunately it > is.  As much as we would like to have more time in a day it is simply > not possible.  I agree with Galen; this is an unusually busy time for > Koha developers b

Re: [Koha-devel] [Koha] Proposal To Switch Koha's License to GPLv3 and AGPLv3 or AGPLv3

2010-05-11 Thread Michael Hafen
On Mon, 2010-05-10 at 23:14 -0400, Chris Nighswonger wrote: > > > > So may we postpone the rest of this discussion to post-3.2.0? > > > > > > As I stated in my original proposal: We are already very active atm, and > > > now is > > > the time to at least begin discussing this change. > > > > I am

Re: [Koha-devel] [Koha] Proposal To Switch Koha's License to GPLv3 and AGPLv3 or AGPLv3

2010-05-11 Thread Chris Nighswonger
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:54 PM, MJ Ray wrote: > > Christopher Nighswonger wrote: > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:47 AM, MJ Ray wrote: > > > [...] It might mean that everyone who sees a page is entitled to > > > the 227Mb source tarball.  Who wants to pay for those downloads? > > > > Github and the

Re: [Koha-devel] [Koha] Proposal To Switch Koha's License to GPLv3 and AGPLv3 or AGPLv3

2010-05-11 Thread MJ Ray
Christopher Nighswonger wrote: > In light of the momentum the community has built up in the area of > change in recent months, now would be a good time to resume licensing > discussions and bring them to a final resolve. I cannot contribute fully to this discussion at this time. Please can we try

Re: [Koha-devel] [Koha] Proposal To Switch Koha's License to GPLv3 and AGPLv3 or AGPLv3

2010-05-11 Thread Galen Charlton
Hi, On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:47 AM, MJ Ray wrote: > Christopher Nighswonger wrote: >> In light of the momentum the community has built up in the area of >> change in recent months, now would be a good time to resume licensing >> discussions and bring them to a final resolve. > > I cannot contrib

Re: [Koha-devel] [Koha] Proposal To Switch Koha's License to GPLv3 and AGPLv3 or AGPLv3

2010-05-11 Thread Chris Nighswonger
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Galen Charlton wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:47 AM, MJ Ray wrote: > > Christopher Nighswonger wrote: > >> In light of the momentum the community has built up in the area of > >> change in recent months, now would be a good time to resume licensing >

Re: [Koha-devel] [Koha] Proposal To Switch Koha's License to GPLv3 and AGPLv3 or AGPLv3

2010-05-11 Thread MJ Ray
Christopher Nighswonger wrote: > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:47 AM, MJ Ray wrote: > > [...] It might mean that everyone who sees a page is entitled to > > the 227Mb source tarball. Who wants to pay for those downloads? > > Github and the like provide very simple solutions to this problem both with

Re: [Koha-devel] [Koha] Proposal To Switch Koha's License to GPLv3 and AGPLv3 or AGPLv3

2010-05-11 Thread Christopher Nighswonger
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:47 AM, MJ Ray wrote: > No, that additional requirement is one of the disadvantages. AGPLv3 > is still a fairly new licence and as far as I know, it's not yet > entirely clear what is meant by "access", particularly for a modular > system like Koha. It might mean that ev