{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/simonyiszk/openwebrx/issues/1","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/simonyiszk/openwebrx/issues/1/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/simonyiszk/openwebrx/issues/1/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/simonyiszk/openwebrx/issues/1/events","html_url":"https://github.com/simonyiszk/openwebrx/issues/1","id":72778054,"number":1,"title":"Consider Affero GPL as a license","user":{"login":"dnet","id":163115,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/163115?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/dnet","html_url":"https://github.com/dnet","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dnet/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dnet/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dnet/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dnet/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dnet/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dnet/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dnet/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dnet/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dnet/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":6,"created_at":"2015-05-03T09:23:09Z","updated_at":"2015-05-08T22:39:35Z","closed_at":null,"body":"While \"plain\" GPL requires changes to the source to be available if someone distributes the software as a binary (which would be weird anyway with a Python project like this), it does allow people to change the software and run it as a service but not share these modifications. [Affero GPL](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html) [fixes this](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-affero-gpl.html), and should match a project like this more closely, like [searx](https://github.com/asciimoo/searx)."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/simonyiszk/openwebrx/issues/comments/100387060","html_url":"https://github.com/simonyiszk/openwebrx/issues/1#issuecomment-100387060","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/simonyiszk/openwebrx/issues/1","id":100387060,"user":{"login":"stef","id":13735,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13735?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/stef","html_url":"https://github.com/stef","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stef/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stef/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stef/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stef/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stef/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stef/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stef/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stef/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stef/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-05-08T22:39:35Z","updated_at":"2015-05-08T22:39:35Z","body":"the thing is, that the GNU GPL works when you distribute the sw to your users, which is for binary stuff, when however you provide the sw over the web, then there is no distribution that would kick in to ensure the users indeed have their freedom to access the source code honored. this web-loophole is exactly what the Affero GNU GPL was made for, apps that are served over the web, for which open*web*rx is a good example."}}