We think this would be a great move for the Gluster team. With SAAS rapidly becoming the new big flavor for startup companies you need to protect your software and insure that all changes that are made in the community are openly shared with others, including customers of SAAS providers. We are working now with your software and regardless of gluster staying with the current GNU GPLv3 license or moving to the new GNU AGPL license we will be providing any changes we make available on our website for all. Glad to see you guys are thinking for the future of free open software. > Gluster is increasingly being deployed in cloud environments where > proprietary software vendors take full advantage of GNU GPLv3 license > without contributing back. FSF early on warned users about the threat > to software freedom from "Software as a Service" (SaaS) and Cloud > models. Nevertheless, Cloud and Virtual environments are clearly > looking as the future of computing platform. > > GNU GPLv3 has a loophole which allows hosted proprietary software to > take advantage of free software without complying to the license. FSF > addressed this loophole with new GNU AGPL license. As cloud gains > momentum, GNU AGPL is gaining popularity gradually. We are considering > GNU AGPLv3 license for Gluster 3.1 release. We want to hear your > opinion about GNU AGPL license. > > You can find some relevant references about GNU AGPL over here: > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html > > http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/will-the-gpl-be-overtaken-by-agpl/2133 > > > http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2009/04/15/open-source-licensing-in-a-networked-age/ > > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-9917947-16.html > > Happy Hacking, > > Gluster Team > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > Gluster-users at gluster.org > http://gluster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users >
