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Contents 1 CorenSearchBot is wrong 2 new page GNU Affero General Public License 3 Two pages for Affero license? 3.1 Merge done 4 Great Article 5 AGPL vs GNU AGPL - same or not?

[edit] CorenSearchBot is wrong

The CorenSearchBot is wrong. I have not copied contents from http://www.affero.org/oagpl.html. I have copied it from the GNU Lesser General Public License page, which is part of Wikipedia.—Preceding unsigned comment added by ThomasPetazzoni (talk • contribs) Nov 19, 2007 18:31

[edit] new page GNU Affero General Public License

I've started a page called GNU Affero General Public License. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ThomasPetazzoni (talk • contribs) Nov 20, 2007 02:34

[edit] Two pages for Affero license?

I am not completely sure why we have separate pages for the old AGPL and the new AGPLv3 that was recently released by the FSF. We should figure out if we want to merge them. I am not completely sure myself how to start that process, but I wanted to mention it here. -- bkuhn 21:30, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge done

I did the merge. I left the other newer article, the REDIRECT. Lentower (talk) 04:34, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Please, read the GNU Affero General Public License 3.0 Preamble’s penultimate paragraph, and revert the merge. --AVRS (talk) 14:41, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

I understood this before I did the merge. The distinction is not notable, so two articles are not needed. It is far better for Wikipedia and it's readers, for there to be one article that explains the evolution of the concept, and the evolution of the license(s). We're an encylopedia, not a legal glossary. There are many editors who would propose making this merged article, a section of the GPL article, for the same reasons. Work on making the merged article, the best WP article it can be. Lentower (talk) 15:22, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

I think the article should still be called “GNU Affero General Public License”, because that’s what it describes, and that is what seems to be more notable now. --AVRS (talk) 15:51, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

See the talk page for the other article that is now a REDIRECT for why i did the merge this way. The merged article is findable by both titles, describes both licenses. Perhaps the descriptions can be improved. Few but a lawyer or a GNU partisian will see a meaningful or WPnotable difference between them. Lentower (talk) 16:09, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Great Article

This is a fantastic article and one of the best resources on the AGPL available. Thanks to everyone who has helped contribute to this! —mako๛ 19:31, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AGPL vs GNU AGPL - same or not?

«Note that GNU Affero General Public License is not the same legal document as the Affero General Public License, though they are quite similar in intent and effect.»

Either that is wrong, or the whole article needs to be rewritten. The page is titled "AGPL", the heading section is all about "GNU AGPL" but ends with the mentioned sentence, and the remainder of the article seems to say both are the same. If someone could clear it up and correct it... thanks. ;) --portugal (talk) 14:39, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

It is my understanding that the AGPL is essentially being replaced by the GNU AGPL, seeing as how Affero has updated their AGPL precisely to make it compatible with the GNU AGPL. The title probably should be renamed to GNU Affero General Public License. Mahanga^Talk 06:56, 23 February 2008 (UTC)