[OSM-talk] Publishing bot code. GPL or AGPL?

[James]

You could always release it under Mozilla Public License 2.0 and that
explicitely requires people to offer source code.

On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 3:01 PM, Nicolás Alvarez <nicolas.alvarez at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 2017-10-17 13:27 GMT-03:00 Safwat Halaby <swiftfast at gmx.com>:
> > I understand that GPLv3 has a loophole in which someone could modify
> > your GPL-licensed code, and then run it on a server which offers some
> > service. Since a service is being sent over the wire, and not the
> > executable itself, then they can keep their modified code private. AGPL
> > prevents this loophole.
> >
> > Does the same logic apply for OSM bots? Would someone using a
> > personally modified GPL'ed bot not have to publish it? Should I use
> > AGPL instead if I wish to force any bot user to publish the code?
>
> If I run a modified bot against the OSM server, that doesn't mean you
> are interacting with my bot over the network, so even with AGPL I'm
> not required to give you the source code.
>
> --
> Nicolás
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