On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:51:35 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Google Code blacklists Mozilla Public License
>
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> | The Mozilla Public License (MPL) is the latest casualty of Google's
> decision | to remove open-source licenses from its popular code hosting
> service. |
> | The search giant has said Google Code is no longer accepting projects
> | licensed under MPL, although existing MPL-licensed code is allowed to
> stay. |
> | The move comes two years after Google Code launched, when MPL was one
> of just | seven licenses Google allowed developers to use. Others
> included Apache, BSD | and the Free Software Foundation's GPL and LGPL.
> |
> | Google's MPL ban follows the block on FSF's Affero GPL. That
> decision's seen | a number of projects abandon Google Code for rival
> hosts. `----
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/25/googlecode_bans_mpl/
"This could certainly explain Google's aversion to Affero, which says
companies like Google running services are distributing code and must
allow consumers of those services to modify and pass on that code. That
could threaten the Google's secret algorithmic sauce."
How bizarre. I mean the code is *there*, "the" consumers can browse or
checkout the code regardless of the license. None of the licenses would
prohibit passing on the code. Also, it's pretty clear that it's a
hosting service and that the code isn't written by google, just hosted.
Why would anyone sue anyone over a subversion repository? What the
hell's meant by 'algorithmic sauce", combining free services with ad
revenue?
-Thufir
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