thanks Patrick!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:33 PM, Patrick Anderson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:agnucius@gmail.com">agnucius@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Felix Stalder wrote:<br>
> move to software-as-service, where the GPL has no teeth<br>
<br>
</div>The GNU AGPL addresses this directly by requiring Sources be offered<br>
to anyone interacting with the program "over a network" but is<br>
incomplete because:<br>
<br>
.) This does not apply to any hardware not owned by users.<br>
� For example, a business could offer access to computers running<br>
Free Software but would not be required to provide Source Code to<br>
those users.<br>
<br>
.) It does not help us share the hardware costs of *hosting* that software.<br>
� We might do this through a Property Left legally binding social contract.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
> Android type approach, where the software is linked to hardware<br>
<br>
</div>The GNU GPLv3 addresses this directly by requiring all information<br>
needed "to install and execute modified versions of a covered work in<br>
that User Product" and �disallowing "any legal power to forbid<br>
circumvention of technological measures" but is incomplete because:<br>
<br>
.) This does not apply to any hardware not owned by users.<br>
� From the license: "A ``User Product'' is either (1) a ``consumer<br>
product'', which means any tangible personal property which is<br>
normally used for personal, family, or household purposes, or (2)<br>
anything designed or sold for incorporation into a dwelling. �In<br>
determining whether a product is a consumer product, doubtful cases<br>
shall be resolved in favor of coverage. �For a particular product<br>
received by a particular user, ``normally used'' refers to a typical<br>
or common use of that class of product, regardless of the status of<br>
the particular user or of the way in which the particular user<br>
actually uses, or expects or is expected to use, the product. �A<br>
product is a consumer product regardless of whether the product has<br>
substantial commercial, industrial or non-consumer uses, unless such<br>
uses represent the only significant mode of use of the product."<br>
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Patrick Anderson<br>
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