GitHub shouldn't allow AGPL project templates(github.com)
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GitHub shouldn't allow AGPL project templates
https://github.com/dannysmith/tauri-template/issues/1
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The license for the project template is clearly indicated.
If you do not agree to the license terms, do not use the project template.
Or, you could contact the project template author and ask if they are willing to sell a commercially-licensed copy to you.
If you do not agree to the license terms, do not use the project template.
Or, you could contact the project template author and ask if they are willing to sell a commercially-licensed copy to you.
Oh no! Free software!!
I suppose it's good that these people actually bother to read the license and intend to respect it.
I suppose it's good that these people actually bother to read the license and intend to respect it.
It is dangerous to allow project templates to have a copyleft license. Any project that uses it could be argued as a derivative work. For this behavior in your application it should be explicitly disallowed or at minimum a red dialog.
How is that dangerous? Isn't it a good thing, because it stops rug pulls?
It’s about the workflow for project templates. If there were a warning when creating or cloning that is one thing. But a folder structure, config files for tools, potentially requires the whole project to be a derivative?
It is dangerous to allow project templates to have a copyright license. Any project that uses it will be a derivative work. For this behavior in your application it should be explicitly disallowed or at minimum a red dialog.
ban forcefully free software now before we all turn communist!
yikes
yikes
Honestly, for this functionality (generating a new desktop project) how can you not at least warn them?
The person who opened that issue also made some other claims, like that a more permissive license would allow the project to reach a broader audience. That's undoubtedly true, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the author of the project is probably well aware of that and chose an appropriate license based on their own goals.