On Monday 14 Jul 2008, jtd wrote:
[snip] A very large proportion of software is released under GNU GPL V2 licence. However there are some loopholes in this licence which allow unscrupulous people to place additional restrictions on redistribution and use. It also did not compel providing the source code when GPL V2 software was used for providing web services. So the GNU GPL V3 licence was created. This licence prevents misuse by above methods and other probable misuses. You would do well to release under the GNU GPL V3 licence.
GPL v3 does not compel providers of web services using GPL software to make that software available to users. If you want your web service software to be covered under a GPL-like licence for web users, please consider using the Affero General Public Licence v3.
Regards.
-- Raju