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Google Code reverses open source license ban

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 7 comments
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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. 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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Comments (7)

Sander_Marechal ·
Google still doesn't support the AGPL. A shame, really.
dinotrac ·
Why is that a shame, other, perhaps, than curiosity or a desire to compete with them using their own stuff?

I love the GPL, but have never been able get exceited about the AGPL.
Sander_Marechal ·
You may not get excited over it, but other people are.
dinotrac ·
The question was why.
Sander_Marechal ·
Because the AGPL is a reasonaly popular license and probably will become more popular not that it comes from the FSF. "License proliferation" is a BS argument. The AGPL does not compete with the GPL or other licenses. It designed to solve a different problem.
Scott_Ruecker Story submitter ·
Sorry Dino, I have to agree with Sander on this.

Google of all people not supporting the AGPL is kinda backwards don't you think?

Doesn't most if not all of their software run over some kind of network?

dinotrac ·
That's fine, but the question remains unanswered.

So, the AGPL is popular. I presume there is a reason for that.

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