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Google Code reverses open-source license ban
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| Google has undone an earlier ban on the Mozilla Public License, an option for
| open-source projects hosted at its Google Code site.
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| Ostensibly as part of an effort to discourage the proliferation of
| open-source licenses, Google dropped support for the MPL earlier in August.
| Now, though, the company reconsidered, restoring it and adding support for
| the Eclipse Public License as well.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10028591-92.html
What about AGPL?
Firefox Luganda translation now available for download
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| The translation was completed earlier this month by Makerere University's
| Faculty of Computing and Information Technology (CIT) in collaboration with
| Rhodes University, Mozilla Firefox and Translate.org.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/082808-firefox-luganda-translation-now-available.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
http://tinyurl.com/5l49ep
Recent:
Google pays for Affero ban
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| The projects will join around 10 other AGPL-licensed efforts on SourceForge,
| compared to six on Google Code. Before the defections, Google had been
| discouraging other AGPL projects, saying Google Code does not support AGPL.
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| The dispute between Google and developers who want to use AGPL - a version of
| GPLv3 tailored for use in software as a service - has rumbled on since last
| November, when AGPL was finalized.
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2008/04/11/google_bans_aero/
Google blocking AGPL in Google Code
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| So, first AGPL was not good enough for Google because it was not
| OSI-approved. That limited its popularity... Now it is OSI-approved. Still,
| it is not popular enough to be accepted in the Google closed open source
| hosting site?
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| And, by the way, why should people put their open source code in the hands of
| someone who likes open source only when it does good to its business (ehm,
| that could include me, but we are not talking about me, are we ;-) ?
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| C'mon Chris, give developers the ability of using AGPL for their own projects
| in Google Code. Your fight for no proliferation of licenses is something I
| subscribe to, but AGPL is the license of the future, no matter if Google
| likes it or not. And I can guarantee you it will become even more popular if
| it is accepted in Google Code...
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http://www.funambol.com/blog/capo/2008/03/google-blocking-agpl-in-google-code.html
AGPLv3 Keeps Open Source Vibrant in Age of SaaS
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| For all practical purposes, the AGPLv3 is a key advance for everyone involved
| in open source, regardless of if you are a software developer, Internet end
| user or enterprise end user. The AGPLv3 closes the ASP loophole and keeps the
| freedom of open source software alive, in the age of SaaS and hosted
| applications.
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https://fossbazaar.org/?q=content/agplv3-keeps-open-source-vibrant-age-saas
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