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Are there any good and/or famous examples of AGPL project?

Or even more specific - profitable AGPL projects I'm considering a startup and it is interesting how can it benefit from being AGPL. Any real world example could bring some light. ...

Ramifications of using a CSS stylesheet under the GPL?

Does referencing a CSS stylesheet with a GPL (or AGPL) license "infect" the server side of a web application? ...

LGPL for PHP applications

I have a discussion with a friend regarding the Lesser GNU General Public License, LGPL, for server side code - in this case a PHP library. He argues that since the PHP application is not distributed to the user - it is merely running on the server - he doesn't have to re-distribute the library sources after he modified it. This is basic...

Can I commercialise a AGPL product?

Is there anything from stopping me from taking a codebase licensed under the GPL/AGPL, modifying it, and then selling it as a hosted application for a monthly fee as long as I make my modifications available to anyone who asks? At what point does a derivative work become a new work? ...

How compatible are the GPL and AGPL?

If I have a AGPL licensed code, can I accept a patch that contains GPL code? I would think you can't do the reverse, accept AGPL code into a GPL codebase, but usually you can move from a less restrictive license to a more restrictive license. ...

Can I use libraries licensed under AGPL for commercial purposes

I am building a product for which I plan to use a software that is licensed under the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3. I am not planning to extend the code and I just plan to use it, as a JAR. Should I also release my software as AGPL and open source my code base? ...

Can I use a previous version of iText(Sharp) under the LGPL?

I'd like to use iTextSharp for PDF manipulation. I need it to run under medium trust (webserver) and to be free of charge (sice this is a very small project), therefore there is not much competition. Unfortunately, since I need it for a commercial project, I cannot use the AGPL introduced with version 5.0. Do you know if I may use the 4...

I wanna build a website, use mongodb, is it free? Do I need to open my source of website?

I've read the licence page of mongodb, found it under AGPL. Sorry for my poor English, I don't understand it well. I want to build a public commercial website with mongodb, I just use it as my database, storing some data, and won't modify it. Do I need to: open my source code of my website? or pay for it? ...

Using AGPL for PHP Code

Here's the scenario. I have a website and I want to start open-sourcing some of the modules that I've developed. I originally looked into the GPL, but I notice there's a loophole where people don't have to share their modifications if they're used on a public website. I then found AGPL which seems better suited to my scenario, but have...

Why isn't there a Lesser Affero General Public License?

Hey all! First and foremost the opinions expressed about the licenses here are only mine and the information I have interpreted about the licenses so far. I could be wrong, but I hope not. Feel free to correct me otherwise. :-) Over the years I've released perhaps about 10 projects via open-source, which to this date are ...

What's the meaning of "derived" in "GPL require derived works to be released under the same terms"

The GPL and AGPL require derived works to be released under the same terms,I don't understand the terms of "derived",what is the meaning of the "derived".If I develop a client software of mysql(mysql is license under GPL),I use some mysql lib,when I distribute it,may I have to make my software a GPL license?Navicat(a client software of m...

Usage of an AGPL javascript library in proprietary software

My apologies in advance for not doing enough research in this area, but all answers so far I have found have been contradictory and / or too confusing for my current understanding of GPL / AGPL. If I wish to use an AGPL JavaScript library in a proprietary (not open source) product, am I essentially out of luck? Technically the source o...

What is the point of the GPL?

If you want a permissive FOSS licence you'd go for MIT or 3-clause BSD and if you want a strong copyleft FOSS licence you'd go for AGPL, wouldn't you? ...

Licensing my code under AGPL since it uses iText

I created a command line wrapper which basically uses iText to list fields from a pdf file and merge an fdf file with the pdf file. I know iText is under AGPL but it seems that they only have a license.txt and notice.txt and a agpl.txt file packaged into their .jar. I am not good with licenses so I am not sure what is required for me b...

How can I avoid adding copyright messages to each source file of my application?

I'm trying to put my web application under AGPL license. According to the How to use GNU licenses for your own software I've got to insert a copyright notice and a statement of copying permission into each file. Since my application consist of variety of different type of files, e.g. .js, .html, .php, .mhtml, .mas, .png, .jpg, etc. the p...