▲ | abirch 2 days ago | |||||||
"The GNU Affero General Public License is a modified version of the ordinary GNU GPL version 3. It has one added requirement: if you run a modified program on a server and let other users communicate with it there, your server must also allow them to download the source code corresponding to the modified version running there." https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-affero-gpl.html This means that if this company is successful and sells me 1 license, in theory I can request the source code and spin up Dr Evil's voice 1 billion clones and not pay licenses for those. With other forms of GPL you only have to release the source code if you release the software to the user. | ||||||||
▲ | psychoslave 2 days ago | parent [-] | |||||||
A business that maintain its customer base captive through any kind of designed technical defect and asymmetrical information distribution is not striving for excellence in customer experience. Saying that such a behavior encompasses all possible business models, it's like saying directorship is the only form of governance. | ||||||||
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