RethinkDB source relicensed, donated to the Linux Foundation [LWN.net]

RethinkDB source relicensed, donated to the Linux Foundation

Posted Feb 7, 2017 12:13 UTC (Tue) by aggelos (subscriber, #41752)
In reply to: RethinkDB source relicensed, donated to the Linux Foundation by Wol
Parent article: RethinkDB source relicensed, donated to the Linux Foundation

If it's quite easy to argue, would you kindly do so?

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RethinkDB source relicensed, donated to the Linux Foundation

Posted Feb 8, 2017 23:44 UTC (Wed) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link]

Section 13 of v3.

Actually I might be thinking of v2, but v3 doesn't seem much clearer. It clearly permits using the covered work in conjunction with GPLv3.

But if I combine an Affero program with a proprietary back end to create a web-facing application, is this now a "modified version"? Does Affero apply to the back end as well as the front end? I don't know, and with v2 there were plenty of reports that people were scared that it might. That "exception for GPL" could easily be taken to imply that it does.

Cheers,
Wol