Re: Thoughts on the Pretix License?

On Mon, Sep 23, 2024, at 14:18, Josh Berkus wrote:
> The Pretix conference software project is using a modified version of 
> the AGPL for its license:
>
> https://github.com/pretix/pretix/blob/master/LICENSE
>
> Curious whether folks think this is OSS or not?  I can't see anything in 
> there that is specifically not, but the business-specific exemptions 
> from certain AGPL requirements just feels weird.   On the other hand, 
> anyone who doesn't qualify for those exemptions just has to follow the 
> AGPL, which is open source.

They're offering a relaxation of one of the distribution triggers in the AGPL for a subset of users who meet certain criteria; that seems completely reasonable.

I'm not excited about the attribution notice requirement indicating that a specific word in the notice must be a hyperlink to a specific URL, but given the nature of the software compliance should be easy, and if that URL becomes dead at some point no harm is done.

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