From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on ip-172-31-65-14.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!gy7opw3oYmwPg+L8gXeD2w.user.46.165.242.75.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: License for small Ada.* complements Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2022 13:06:01 -0700 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <86czdu1djq.fsf@stephe-leake.org> References: <62d88fa8$0$18729$426a34cc@news.free.fr> <86sfmsi7ir.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <62dbe7d5$0$2985$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <62dbf103$0$2976$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <86ilnmu1ax.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <62dd543a$0$18752$426a74cc@news.free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: gioia.aioe.org; logging-data="23467"; posting-host="gy7opw3oYmwPg+L8gXeD2w.user.gioia.aioe.org"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@aioe.org"; User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (windows-nt) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.9.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:/hQ3cjQCW5dXZQY+9veSLfFcrLQ= Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:64136 List-Id: Thomas writes: > In article <86ilnmu1ax.fsf@stephe-leake.org>, > Stephen Leake wrote: > >> Thomas writes: >> >> > i would say that AGPL is even better, but ALGPL is missing. >> >> "better" by what metric? > > it allows you to access sources even when you use it only via a server, > not directly on your computer. no other change. That states a feature of the license; it does not say why you think that is a good thing. GPL explicitly does not allow that, because it means you do not control the software you are using, which is considered the primary requirement for Free Software. There are times when servers are a good thing (email, git host), but most software should run locally. -- -- Stephe