Timeline for Is there any license which require to distribute the source code, even it is only used in a company's internal project?
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| Sep 9, 2014 at 0:16 | comment | added | Dmitry Alexandrov | @ytj Prohibition to incorporate some software into non-free system (that essentially means ‘using it in the same time on the same computer along with any non-free program’) would go far beyond all reason. So lack of such a weird possibility is not considered as a problem by thousands of developers who are using GPL for their projects. But if your intention is to make lives of commercial companies that release proprietary software a bit easier :), LGPL would fit better, of course. | |
| Sep 8, 2014 at 23:19 | comment | added | ytj | @DmitryAlexandrov Yes, I know LGPL is less strict than GPL. I choose LGPLv3 is because it would be easier for people who really want to include my code into their proprietary system, since we couldn't avoid it anyway (even with GPL). Sorry for the confusion, | |
| Sep 8, 2014 at 11:56 | comment | added | Dmitry Alexandrov | @ytj I’m not sure, I got your point. You’re dissatisfied with possibility to include GPL-covered software into proprietary products, if they are communicating ‘at arms length’, so you’ve decided to allow your program to communicate with proprietary software even at the most ‘intimate’ level by applying Lesser GPL? | |
| Sep 8, 2014 at 11:20 | comment | added | ytj | @BasileStarynkevitch I got you point, I think LGPLv3 is probably better for my code (Unfortunately there is no Lesser AGPL). Personally I don't like GPL, because according to the GPL FAQ, it is possible to distribute the GPL-covered software alongside with proprietary system via "arms-length communication". Which makes GPL less useful. | |
| Sep 8, 2014 at 10:27 | vote | accept | ytj | ||
| Sep 7, 2014 at 11:13 | comment | added | Basile Starynkevitch | Also, (large) companies won't use software with a license unfamiliar to their lawyers. So stick to widely used free software licenses! So think 7 * 7 times before using that Reciprocal Public License, in other words use GPLv3! | |
| Sep 7, 2014 at 10:12 | history | edited | Dmitry Alexandrov | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 40 characters in body |
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| Sep 7, 2014 at 9:56 | history | answered | Dmitry Alexandrov | CC BY-SA 3.0 |