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by robertlagrant 924 days ago
Genuine question: would this software also have to become AGPL licenced, if it's connecting over a network?
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2Gkashmiri 924 days ago
Nope. Thats never the case. you'd just open an api which hopefully the devs will make a connector for.
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robertlagrant 924 days ago
Sorry - what does "open an API mean"?
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2Gkashmiri 924 days ago
What I mean is, how would your device send data to a software? Open an api meant this interaction from hardware to mobile or computer is documented somwhere with all parameters and auth tokens and such.
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robertlagrant 924 days ago
As in call an API via IPC of some sort, e.g. HTTP? I thought that AGPL meant that the copyleftness of the licence would survive that.
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