Comment GPL (Score 2, Insightful) 37
This seems particularily insidious. Whereas previously the TOS would allow an author to be identified as such, this TOS effectively dissolves that right. Yeah, I've got a knack for the obvious. I understand AOL's intent, but again we're seeing a company provide an overly broad licensing scheme. But then again, how else could they protect against things like getting sued for coincidentally making a movie about after I said " would be a cool movie"?
What happens if I post in a chat room the full source code to my very successful open source project (in reality it exists only in my mind) under the GPL? Or if I have my project's homepage on an AOL server? The AOL TOS and the GPL seem to really conflict here. Does this mean that providing GPL'd source on an AOL server is a violation of the GPL?
What happens if I post in a chat room the full source code to my very successful open source project (in reality it exists only in my mind) under the GPL? Or if I have my project's homepage on an AOL server? The AOL TOS and the GPL seem to really conflict here. Does this mean that providing GPL'd source on an AOL server is a violation of the GPL?
