From 241ec5cfdcd10dbed86a8f8add9bba7bafc1b74a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Antti Hukkanen Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 20:12:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Correct the link to the Decidim license --- en/modules/understand/pages/about.adoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/en/modules/understand/pages/about.adoc b/en/modules/understand/pages/about.adoc index 52adcfc97a..467b1d0155 100644 --- a/en/modules/understand/pages/about.adoc +++ b/en/modules/understand/pages/about.adoc @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ This led Barcelona City Council to thoroughly reconsider the platform’s archit The Decidim platform project has been developed with free software (both at its initial stage, based on Consul, and after the code's complete rewrite) and all its development has been open, enabling its entire development to be traceable and followed right from the very beginning. -Its creation from free software refers to the fact that the platform's source code has a AGPL v3 Licence or GNU Affero General Public Licence,footnote:[https://github.com/AjuntamentdeBarcelona/decidim/blob/master/LICENSE-AGPLv3.txt] which means the code has to allow for the possibility of its being consulted, copied, amended and reused, so long as the same licence is kept in any work or product derived from it. This is one of the licences that provides most freedom and is copyleft footnote:[Copyleft stands for a whole range of licences that can be applied to IT, artistic and other creations. Copyleft's supporters see copyright as a way of restricting people's right to make and redistribute copies of a work.[2] A copyleft licence, in fact, uses actual copyright legislation to ensure that everyone who receives a copy or derived work can use, amend and even distribute both the work and any derivative versions. In a strictly non-legal sense, then, copyleft is the opposite of copyright. (Wikipedia, 2017).]. In this regard, it makes sense for public authorities to make a clear commitment to this type of software, given that it is through such licences that we can receive social return on our public investments. +Its creation from free software refers to the fact that the platform's source code has a AGPL v3 Licence or GNU Affero General Public Licence,footnote:[https://github.com/decidim/decidim/blob/develop/LICENSE-AGPLv3.txt] which means the code has to allow for the possibility of its being consulted, copied, amended and reused, so long as the same licence is kept in any work or product derived from it. This is one of the licences that provides most freedom and is copyleft footnote:[Copyleft stands for a whole range of licences that can be applied to IT, artistic and other creations. Copyleft's supporters see copyright as a way of restricting people's right to make and redistribute copies of a work.[2] A copyleft licence, in fact, uses actual copyright legislation to ensure that everyone who receives a copy or derived work can use, amend and even distribute both the work and any derivative versions. In a strictly non-legal sense, then, copyleft is the opposite of copyright. (Wikipedia, 2017).]. In this regard, it makes sense for public authorities to make a clear commitment to this type of software, given that it is through such licences that we can receive social return on our public investments. The fact that the software has been openly developed means that the entire development process is transparent and accessible, in other words, that anyone can see, right from the start of the software's development, every change, contribution, community of developers involved etc. By the same token, transparency is becoming a fundamental principle not just in citizen participation but in software development too.