Will GNU AGPLv3 boost Open Source SaaS support?

Posted by jenwren1010 on Nov 24, 2007 3:05 PM EDT
DaniWeb; By Bill Andad
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Can Software as a Service get some Open Source lovin' now that the Free Software Foundation gets its licensing act together?

Although this new license is based upon developments by San Francisco-based volunteers rating and reputation company Affero, responsible for the Affero General Public License based upon GPLv2, and which aimed to achieve similar ends, it is not the same and should not be thought of as a version of that license. According to the FSF, Affero has released a new version of the Affero GPL which permits relicensing under this new GNU AGPLv3 license. Affero confusion apart, it is hoped that by introducing this new license the Software as a Service development arena will find favour with the Open Source community.

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