Tyler Romeo tylerromeo@gmail.com wrote:
One thing to point out is that:
- Even right now, under the GPL, if extensions do qualify as “derivative works” or w/e, they do have to be GPL licensed.
- Source code only has to be provided to users of the
program. So presuming this is some private wiki with a secret extension, source code does not have to be provided or published to the general public.
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And if it is a non-private wiki?
I think the general disadvantage of AGPL is that it forces you in a contract with your audience (who may be evil, or just obnoxious). With the AGPL, you can't just customize or develop extensions without thinking about how to publish it, thus raising the bar for setting a up a wiki with MediaWiki. Even security fixes would need to be published immediately.
Tim