I just started a project that allows teachers, educators, and interested parties to create, maintain, and fork education standards. Basically, bring long-standing software development concepts to education.
After a brief discussion on irc yesterday I went with the AGPL. I want to encourage collaboration, but I don't want some ed tech startup with vc funding to use this code. I did put a note in the readme that if anyone has a good reason to want an MIT license, I'd be open to reconsidering the license. But I can't see a good reason at this point.
> I don't want some ed tech startup with vc funding to use this code.
Startups would still be free to use it as long as they abide by the license.
With the AGPLv1, they have to publish their changes. Also, if the project offers a facility for end-users to obtain the source code, it can't be removed, so you can ensure the source remains available, whether modified or not.
AGPLv3 projects must offer the source no matter what.
After a brief discussion on irc yesterday I went with the AGPL. I want to encourage collaboration, but I don't want some ed tech startup with vc funding to use this code. I did put a note in the readme that if anyone has a good reason to want an MIT license, I'd be open to reconsidering the license. But I can't see a good reason at this point.