Why is CiviCRM licensed under the AGPL?
The Social Source Foundation believes that the CiviCRM community of users, partners, and developers should have certain rights to its software if they begin to interact with it. Since interaction with CiviCRM often occurs over a network, such as through an Application Service Provider (“ASP”) model, the current version of the GPL does not fully protect their freedoms. Affero had similar concerns and worked with the Free Software Foundation (“FSF”) to address them by adding a new provision to the GPL that protects the rights of those who interact with software through a computer network. That new provision is Section 2(d) referenced above.
