Tag Archives: affero

Affero GPL is freedom to the web

Posted on 18 December, 2008 by Stef

Savio questions the usefulness of AGPL and his argument seems very slippery to me. He questions whether the Affero GPL is an obstacle to the development of more free/libre open source software.’  He uses Facebook as an example company that … Continue reading →

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Freedom and privacy in hosted applications

Posted on 5 June, 2008 by Stef

I’m not a big believer of hosted applications mainly because they fail to deliver the ‘run everywhere there is a connection to the internet’ promise. Nonetheless, I’m using hosted apps very often, especially for school papers where I have to … Continue reading →

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The long march of Affero GPLv3

Posted on 30 May, 2008 by Stef

It’s good to read on Palamida weekly reports that the GNU Afferto GPLv3 is being adopted at a fast pace, after I asked OSI to approve it. Considering that Google is passively opposing its adoption, I think that 95 projects … Continue reading →

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