"Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Although no license asks this, my wish is that if somebody built on top of > > what I wrote to make the world a better place, I'd like the same access to > > that additional code so that I too can enjoy the improved world. Because > > almost all of my code in git.git are under GPLv2, in reality I do not have > > any access to your software as long as you do not distribute your > > additional code that made the world a better place, which is a bit sad. > > IMHO, its a flaw of the GPL. GitHub anyone? Heck, even Google uses > a lot of GPL'd software internally (yes, we have Linux desktops and > servers) but not all of the software we distribute internally goes > external, so not all of our patches are published. *sigh* > > I've actually stayed awake at night sometimes wondering what the > world would be like if the GPL virual clause forced the source code > for a website to be opened, or forced you to publish your code > even if you never distribute binaries beyond "you" (where "you" > is some mega corp in many countries with many employees). There is such license, and it is called AGPLv3, Affero GPL[1]. And of course Google prohibits (or did prohibit) using it for projects hosted at Google Code... wonder why... ;-) [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGPL -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
