Juanjo Hierro added a comment - 17/May/22 8:28 AM   No.  As stated by every FIWARE GE that has opted for the AGPL 3.0 license, software that merely use FIWARE GEs (or derivate versions of them) do not need to be released as open source: /Please note that software derived as a result of modifying the source code of the software in order to fix a bug or incorporate enhancements IS considered a derivative work of the product. Software that merely uses or aggregates (i.e. links to) an otherwise unmodified version of existing software IS NOT considered a derivative work./   And as stated here < https://fiware-requirements.readthedocs.io/en/latest/GE_Requirements/#licensing-and-ipr-management > in connection to the above paragraph, the following statement is made: /The legal opinion paragraph above is aimed at giving users confidence they can use FIWARE components even if they have been licensed under a copyleft license without this requiring that their applications have to be released as open source. /   I understand that the IoT platform or front-end components connected to the smart city platform do not modify the code of the FIWARE GE licensed under AGPL 3.0, just simply use it.  Therefore, they are not affected.   What AGPL establishes, though, is that the modifications you may have incorporated in the code of FIWARE GEs under AGPL 3.0 need to be made publicly available.  But only the code of FIWARE GEs that were modified, not the code of other components using the FIWARE GE (like the IoT platform or front-end referred above). It would be nice that such modifications are not only published but published as contribution to the Community open source projects that maintain those GEs, so that the Community at large can benefit from those modifications if they are considered relevant.   Cheers, – Juanjo Hierro Chief Technology Officer juanjose.hierro@fiware.org www.linkedin.com/in/jhierro < https://www.linkedin.com/in/jhierro > Twitter: @fiware < https://twitter.com/fiware > @JuanjoHierro < https://twitter.com/JuanjoHierro > __________________________________________________________________________________________ You can get more information about our cookies and privacy policies on the following links: https://fiware-legal.readthedocs.io/en/latest/PersonalDataProtectionPolicy.html https://fiware-legal.readthedocs.io/en/latest/FIWARECookiesPolicy.html fiware-general-help mailing list fiware-general-help@lists.fiware.org To unsubscribe from fiware-general-help mailing list, go to the information page of the list at: https://lists.fiware.org/listinfo/fiware-general-help