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Affero General Public License

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NameGNU Affero General Public License
CaptionAGPL3 Logo
AuthorFree Software Foundation
Version3
CopyrightFree Software Foundation, Inc.
DateNovember 19, 2007
Free SoftwareYes
GPL CompatibleYes (permits linking with GPLv3'd works)
Debian ApprovedYes
OSI ApprovedYes
LinkingNo (except for GNU GPLv3)
CopyleftYes

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The Affero General Public License, often abbreviated as Affero GPL and AGPL (and sometimes informally called the Affero license), refers to two distinct, though historically related, free software licenses:



Both versions of the AGPL were designed to close a perceived application service provider "loophole" (the "ASP loophole") in the ordinary GPL, whereby using but not distributing the software, the copyleft provisions are not triggered. Each version differs from the version of the GNU GPL on which it is based in having an additional provision addressing use of software over a computer network. The additional provision requires that the complete source code be made available to any network user of the AGPL-licensed work, typically a Web application.

The Free Software Foundation has recommended that the GNU AGPLv3 be considered for any software that will commonly be run over a network. The Open Source Initiative approved the GNU AGPLv3 as an open source license in March 2008 after Funambol submitted it for consideration.

The terms "Affero clause", "Affero requirement" and "Affero provision" are occasionally used to refer generically to free software/open source licensing provisions requiring availability of source code when licensed software is deployed as a network service.

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Affero General Public License, version 1 Published by Affero, Inc. in March 2002 GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPLv2).
GNU Affero General Public License, version 3 Published by the Free Software Foundation in November 2007 GNU General Public License, version 3 (GPLv3).



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