GNU Affero General Public License

The GNU Affero General Public License (GNU AGPL) is a free, copyleft license published by the Free Software Foundation in November 2007, and based on the GNU GPL version 3 and the Affero General Public License.

This article is about the license published by Free Software Foundation. For the original licenses by Affero Inc., see Affero General Public License.
GNU Affero General Public License
AuthorFree Software Foundation
Latest version3
PublisherFree Software Foundation, Inc.
PublishedNovember 19, 2007
SPDX identifierAGPL-3.0-or-later
AGPL-3.0-only
Debian FSG compatibleYes
FSF approvedYes
OSI approvedYes
GPL compatibleYes (permits linking with GPLv3)
CopyleftYes Network-Based
Linking from code with a different licenceOnly with GPLv3; AGPL terms will apply for the AGPL part in a combined work.
Websitegnu.org/licenses/agpl.html

It is intended for software designed to be run over a network, adding a provision requiring that the corresponding source code of modified versions of the software be prominently offered to all users who interact with the software over a network.

The Open Source Initiative approved the GNU AGPLv3 as an open source license in March 2008 after the company Funambol submitted it for consideration through its CEO Fabrizio Capobianco.

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