Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Appealscourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Appealscourt</span></a> may kill a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNU</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPL</span></a> software license<br>If <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/appellatecourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appellatecourt</span></a> upholds Neo4j v. PureThink decision, which endorsed database maker <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Neo4j" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neo4j</span></a>'s right to amend GNU Affero General Public License, version 3 (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AGPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGPL</span></a>), governing use of its software with new binding terms, current assumptions about enforceability of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> licenses will no longer apply. Issue before appeals court boils down to the right to remove contractual restrictions added to the terms of the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/APGLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APGLv3</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/27/adverse_appeals_court_ruling_could/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/02/27/adv</span><span class="invisible">erse_appeals_court_ruling_could/</span></a></p>