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6title: Affero General Public License (AGPL)
7link: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html
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9Copyleft license that requires source code changes to hosted software also to be made available.
10
11> The new license was named the GNU Affero General Public License. Retaining the Affero name indicated its close historic relationship with AGPLv1. The GNU AGPL was given version number 3 for parity with the GPL, and the current GNU Affero General Public License is often abbreviated _AGPLv3_.
12>
13> The finalized version of GNU AGPLv3 was published by the FSF on November 19, 2007.
14>
15> — [Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Affero_General_Public_License)
16
17# GNU Affero General Public License
18
19Version 3, 19 November 2007
20
21Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
22<https://fsf.org/>
23
24Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
25license document, but changing it is not allowed.
26
27## Preamble
28
29The GNU Affero General Public License is a free, copyleft license for
30software and other kinds of works, specifically designed to ensure
31cooperation with the community in the case of network server software.
32
33The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed
34to take away your freedom to share and change the works. By contrast,
35our General Public Licenses are intended to guarantee your freedom to
36share and change all versions of a program--to make sure it remains
37free software for all its users.
38
39When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
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42them if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you
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45
46Developers that use our General Public Licenses protect your rights
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50
51A secondary benefit of defending all users' freedom is that
52improvements made in alternate versions of the program, if they
53receive widespread use, become available for other developers to
54incorporate. Many developers of free software are heartened and
55encouraged by the resulting cooperation. However, in the case of
56software used on network servers, this result may fail to come about.
57The GNU General Public License permits making a modified version and
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59source code to the public.
60
61The GNU Affero General Public License is designed specifically to
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64provide the source code of the modified version running there to the
65users of that server. Therefore, public use of a modified version, on
66a publicly accessible server, gives the public access to the source
67code of the modified version.
68
69An older license, called the Affero General Public License and
70published by Affero, was designed to accomplish similar goals. This is
71a different license, not a version of the Affero GPL, but Affero has
72released a new version of the Affero GPL which permits relicensing
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74
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77
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80### 0. Definitions.
81
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162### 2. Basic Permissions.
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347### 7. Additional Terms.
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406### 8. Termination.
407
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434### 9. Acceptance Not Required for Having Copies.
435
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445### 10. Automatic Licensing of Downstream Recipients.
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539### 12. No Surrender of Others' Freedom.
540
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552### 13. Remote Network Interaction; Use with the GNU General Public License.
553
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572
573### 14. Revised Versions of this License.
574
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598
599### 15. Disclaimer of Warranty.
600
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610
611### 16. Limitation of Liability.
612
613IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
614WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR
615CONVEYS THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
616INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
617ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT
618NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR
619LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM
620TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER
621PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
622
623### 17. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
624
625If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided
626above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms,
627reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates
628an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the
629Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a
630copy of the Program in return for a fee.
631
632END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
633
634## How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
635
636If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
637possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
638free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these
639terms.
640
641To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest to
642attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively state
643the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the
644"copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
645
646 <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
647 Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
648
649 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
650 it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
651 published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
652 License, or (at your option) any later version.
653
654 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
655 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
656 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
657 GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
658
659 You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
660 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
661
662Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper
663mail.
664
665If your software can interact with users remotely through a computer
666network, you should also make sure that it provides a way for users to
667get its source. For example, if your program is a web application, its
668interface could display a "Source" link that leads users to an archive
669of the code. There are many ways you could offer source, and different
670solutions will be better for different programs; see section 13 for
671the specific requirements.
672
673You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or
674school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
675necessary. For more information on this, and how to apply and follow
676the GNU AGPL, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.