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Author: Arnt Karlsen
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] INJ - Init Freedom inJector (was: cannot exist without the help of Debian)
On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 20:55:52 +0100, viverna wrote in message
<20191122195552.3se5rnjlpzdn7d7h@???>:

> il devuanizzato spiralofhope <spiralofhope@???> il
> 22-11-19 20:25:03 ha scritto:
> >On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:31:25 +0100
> >viverna <viverna@???> wrote:
> >
> >> I propose this: a script called INJ - Init Freedom inJector
> >>
> >> I wrote this summer in this list about a possibility of inject init
> >> run scripts (for example runit) in all Devuan packages
> >> automatically.
> >>
> >> I'm writing a simple script that inject init diversity in a single
> >> package.
> >> ...
> >> I would like to release the script in the next days with AGPL3 but
> >> tell me.
> >
> >
> >Do you mean AGPL3 as in the GNU Affero General Public License?
> >
> > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html
> >
> >If so, please don't use the language "AGPL3 or later" since the "or
> >later" could be a sabotaged license in the future.
> Yes, GNU Affero General Public License 3.0 (no later).
> But i'm willing to choose other license if change is helpful to save
> Devuan.


..the GPLv2-only makes you The_Mercyful_And_Not over any violators:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_Canossa ;o)

..which is why e.g. Linus stayed with the "GPLv2-only":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License#GPLv3_criticism

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Its legal teeth:
4. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program
except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise
to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Program is void, and will
automatically terminate your rights under this License. [...]

5. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not
signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or
distribute the Program or its derivative works. These actions are
prohibited by law if you do not accept this License. [...]

..which may be why Microsoft spent around US $ 4 Billion thru
straw men over 11 years to try defeat it: http://groklaw.net/

--
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.