I don't see the actual source of the text mentioned on this non-official website, which makes it confusing.

https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/eupl/eu...

Need more copyleft for freedom

Martin Tournoi, the developer of GoatCounter, wrote an article explaining why he chose the EUPL licence for GoatCounter. It provides valuable insights and a useful comparison: https://www.arp242.net/license.html

I was curious about differences between EUPL and GPL Affero, I found the following:

> the EUPL could therefore be described as an “affero-like” licence (AGPLv3).

> The EUPL covers SaaS (Software as a Service): if an internet service provider modifies the licensed software to distribute online services (as Google does), this is “software distribution”.

https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/eupl/ne...

Looks very interesting. It clarifies a lot of things that for example the GPL leaves unsaid, due to the different legal framework. And it is good that it explicitly calls out the legal jurisdiction it sits under (EU).

It's good that it has been written in multiple languages to aid acceptance across the EU.

What I like most of all is the listing of compatible licences.if I understand correctly this would enable you to combine GPL and EUPL software and publish the new software under the GPL. Would be nice to see reciprocation so the new software could also be published under the EUPL.

Once again, the EU coming 30 years later to do something everyone else is doing, and everyone will credit them for some odd reason.

In the 90s, there were dozens (hundreds?) of phone charging ports. A couple of years ago, there were only two. The dozens -> 2 simplifications occurred on the purely free market. And the EU mandated a simplification from 2 -> 1 and gets the credit for the entire simplification.

What is the point of this license? Either the GPL is invalid in the EU, in which case why aren't companies moving to the EU to infringe on the GPL? Or it is valid, in which case a a bunch of EU lawyers were given a bunch of MY money to do nothing of value to anyone.