Free Software and SaaS (Software as a Service)

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Examines Software as a Service (SaaS) as a usage-based delivery model and its market potential, focusing on how free/libre software is used in SaaS infrastructures. Reviews license issues from GPL to the Affero GPL (AGPL), explains why AGPL matters today and its likely future relevance, and considers how widespread SaaS affects the free software ecosystem.

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