# A question on GPL licensing and the current WordPress debacle

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-question-on-gpl-licensing-and-the-current-wordpress-debacle/3355
**Category:** General
**Created:** [2013年二月18日 19:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-question-on-gpl-licensing-and-the-current-wordpress-debacle/3355 "2013-02-18T19:14:17Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2014年八月27日 18:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-question-on-gpl-licensing-and-the-current-wordpress-debacle/3355/11 "2014-08-27T18:10:23Z")

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And note that simply running a custom modified Discourse on your web server does not count as distributing the code.

(That is what AGPL and other oddball licenses try to deal with.)

> **[GNU Affero General Public License](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affero_General_Public_License)**
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> The GNU Affero General Public License (GNU AGPL) is a free copyleft license published by the Free Software Foundation in November 2007, based on the GNU GPL version 3 and the Affero General Public License (non-GNU).
> It is intended for software designed to be run over a network, adding a provision requiring that the corresponding source code of modified versions of the software be prominently offered to all users who interact with the software over a network.
> The Open Source Initiative approved ...

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