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Open-source developers under corporate pressure to adopt less-permissive licenses, Percona CEO says

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@karlkarl - Re: Stupid question

Unfortunately, GPL applies only when you distribute the software. If you only offer a service based on that software you have no obligation whatsoever.

FSF can not push any further because their intended goal was to make sure end-user digital freedoms of GPL-licensed sotware are preserved. With SaaS, end-user is only consuming services, software remains on provider's side.

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