<story><title>Mailpile Chooses AGPL v3</title><url>https://www.mailpile.is/blog/2015-07-02_Licensing_Decision.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>quadrangle</author><text>It speaks volumes about the debate in an anecdotal fashion that the very same page of comments (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.mailpile.is&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;2015-06-15_Community_License_Feedback.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.mailpile.is&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;2015-06-15_Community_License_Fe...&lt;/a&gt; — linked from the main announcement) has both:&lt;p&gt;RMS himself: &amp;quot;Both of these licenses qualify as free&amp;#x2F;libre; neither of them is unethical. Given a choice between two ethically valid options…&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;some anti-GPL person: &amp;quot;The GPL irritates me -- mostly because of RMS&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;this is the only answer&amp;quot; attitude&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;I could go on about this, but just think about it for yourself. Don&amp;#x27;t be that foolish person making up straw men.</text></comment>
<story><title>Mailpile Chooses AGPL v3</title><url>https://www.mailpile.is/blog/2015-07-02_Licensing_Decision.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>robto</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been following this project for a while now and I&amp;#x27;m impressed with the transparency around the decision making process. I&amp;#x27;m looking forward to seeing what comes next.</text></comment>