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Oauthd: OAuth.io open sourced

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Re: Oauthd: OAuth.io open sourced

#4

Post by nadiac »

benatkin wrote: post #2

AGPLv3. Technically open source, but not what most have in mind.

may be to your mind GNU/GPL is also "technically open source, but not what most have in mind." Licenses that enforce open source to spread are to my mind more in the open source spirit than MIT or Apache2.0

You think that people understand open source as free (as free to re-use)? I don't believe so, there are many open source licences for these reasons, depending on the willingness of the authors. Linux is open source or not? ;)

Re: Oauthd: OAuth.io open sourced

#5

Post by benatkin »

nadiac wrote: post #4
benatkin wrote: post #2

AGPLv3. Technically open source, but not what most have in mind.

may be to your mind GNU/GPL is also "technically open source, but not what most have in mind." Licenses that enforce open source to spread are to my mind more in the open source spirit than MIT or Apache2.0 You think that people understand open source as free (as free to re-use)? I don't believe so, there are many open source licences for these reasons, depending on the willingness of the authors. Linux is open sourc…

Nope. AGPLv3 is very different from GPLv2. Also the wishes of the creators of Linux and git make the GPLv2 more comfortable to me. Companies that have a dual-licensing model with GPLv2 and a paid proprietary license may try to stretch the meaning of the GPLv2 to make it more restrictive.

The problem with oauth.io is I could spend time learning it to use it on a personal project and then not be able to apply the same knowldege on a client project where the client doesn't find the copyleft situation acceptable.

Re: Oauthd: OAuth.io open sourced

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Post by ballard »

benatkin wrote: post #2

AGPLv3. Technically open source, but not what most have in mind.

Will be quite interesting when the emperor discovers he cannot go outside with his new clothes.

The concern with AGPL is philosophical dissonance of allowing positive rights of freedom while simultaneously enforcing negative rights, e.g., restrictions on use. I see limitations as failure and route through them (ZoL awesome CDDL hack with DKMS).

Zealous enmity accomplishes less than frenemies, and tips your hand besides.

Re: Oauthd: OAuth.io open sourced

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Post by sudhirj »

nodesocket wrote: post #3

This looks sick, and easy to deploy just redis and node. Will give it try for https://commando.io and a GitHub integration. [[ Tried getting it running, but ran into an issue. ]] https://github.com/oauth-io/oauthd/issues/5

Would be better if you could raise a bug on the github page...

Re: Oauthd: OAuth.io open sourced

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Post by ballard »

nadiac wrote: post #4
benatkin wrote: post #2

AGPLv3. Technically open source, but not what most have in mind.

may be to your mind GNU/GPL is also "technically open source, but not what most have in mind." Licenses that enforce open source to spread are to my mind more in the open source spirit than MIT or Apache2.0 You think that people understand open source as free (as free to re-use)? I don't believe so, there are many open source licences for these reasons, depending on the willingness of the authors. Linux is open sourc…

Oversimplified refresher for anyone wanting to know what we're talking about:

Least restrictive

  * MIT/2,3,4-clause BSD/Apache (pretty much anything, the terms are clear (except Apache))
  * LGPL (usually for libraries that can link to non GPL stuff)
  * GPLv2 (if you change the source and ship product, you must reveal the source. can't link with other licenses) 
  * GPLv3 (closed the Tivo loophole)
  * Affero GPL (no services)
Most restrictive

Without a license being specified, it's difficult/impossible to include a project in anything commercial.

Re: Oauthd: OAuth.io open sourced

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Post by nodesocket »

sudhirj wrote: post #7
nodesocket wrote: post #3

This looks sick, and easy to deploy just redis and node. Will give it try for https://commando.io and a GitHub integration. [[ Tried getting it running, but ran into an issue. ]] https://github.com/oauth-io/oauthd/issues/5

Would be better if you could raise a bug on the github page...

just did. :)

Re: Oauthd: OAuth.io open sourced

#10

Post by nadiac »

benatkin wrote: post #5
nadiac wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

may be to your mind GNU/GPL is also "technically open source, but not what most have in mind." Licenses that enforce open source to spread are to my mind more in the open source spirit than MIT or Apache2.0 You think that people understand open source as free (as free to re-use)? I don't believe so, there are many open source licences for these reasons, depending on the willingness of the authors. Linux is open sourc…

Nope. AGPLv3 is very different from GPLv2. Also the wishes of the creators of Linux and git make the GPLv2 more comfortable to me. Companies that have a dual-licensing model with GPLv2 and a paid proprietary license may try to stretch the meaning of the GPLv2 to make it more restrictive. The problem with oauth.io is I could spend time learning it to use it on a personal project and then not be able to apply the same…

May be they will go like MongoDB, RethinkDB, OpenERP, SugarCRM as well as WURFL, they all now utilize the AGPLv3 as a vehicle for dual commercial licensing.
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