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The Affero GPL does not solve the open source/cloud revenue dilemma
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| Some commenters have proposed that the
| Affero GPL is a potential solution to this
| problem since it applies the requirements
| of the GNU GPL to code distributed over a
| network, updating the GPL for a SaaS and
| cloud age. However, there are a number of
| reasons why this is not necessarily the
| case. Here are three of them.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2009/11/23/the-affero-gpl-does-not-solve-the-open-sourcecloud-revenue-dilemma/
Clearly there is a threat to open source vendors from cloud-based services.
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| Had Sun launched MySQL-as-a-service on EC2
| it could have grabbed the market share that
| AWS will now grab with RDS. Iâm not sure
| why Sun failed to do this, incidentally.
| FathomDB did it, although it lacked the
| market presence to prevent AWS stealing the
| limelight. I would argue that Sun/MySQL
| could have done so.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2009/11/20/open-source-and-the-cloud-the-quick-and-the-dead/
Recent:
GPLv3/AGPLv3 Adoption: If It Happened Too Fast, I'd Be Worried
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| Since the release of GPLv3, technology pundits have been opining about how
| adoption is unlikely, usually citing Linux's still-GPLv2 status as (often
| their only) example. Even though I'm a pro-GPLv3 (and, specifically,
| pro-AGPLv3) advocate, I have never been troubled by slow adoption, as long as
| it remained on a linear upswing from release day onward (which it has).
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http://www.softwarefreedom.org/blog/2008/nov/13/gplv3-agplv3-adoption/
Related:
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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