What is the meaning of AGPL?
Actual Ground Position Line, the current line dividing Indian and Pakistani forces in the Siachen Glacier.
Can I sell AGPL?
Yes, but only if you license your product as AGPL as well. Just offering to provide source code to whoever asks is not enough. That does not prevent you from asking money for the product, but it means your customers have more rights than you maybe like.
Can AGPL license be used commercially?
The AGPL License permits users of the licensed code to: Use the code for commercial purposes: Like both GPL v2 and GPL v3, the AGPL imposes no conditions on using the code in software that’s sold commercially.
What is GNU Affero General Public License v3?
The GNU Affero General Public License is a free, copyleft license for software and other kinds of works, specifically designed to ensure cooperation with the community in the case of network server software.
What is difference between AGPL and LGPL?
The LGPL is more permissive and allows commercial derivative work, without the need to share the corresponding source code. The AGPL is a stronger open source licence, and requires derivate work and service hosting to share their source code.
Can I use AGPL in SaaS?
AGPL contains an additional clause that treats SaaS (“Remote Network Interaction”) like distribution, for purposes of invoking the copyleft conditions.
Is AGPL a copyleft?
The AGPL V3 license is a strong copyleft license that enforces open source on all components derived from any previous work. It closes the server-side loophole, where the source code isn’t made available if the software isn’t released.
Is AGPL compatible with GPL?
Please note that the GNU AGPL is not compatible with GPLv2. It is also technically not compatible with GPLv3 in a strict sense: you cannot take code released under the GNU AGPL and convey or modify it however you like under the terms of GPLv3, or vice versa.
What is the difference between GPL and AGPL?
The difference between the AGPL and traditional GPL is simple: The AGPL seeks to close a “loophole” that allows a company or organization to modify GPL’ed software and use it to provide a service — but without actually distributing changes.