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In the AGPLv3 text -after the END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS line- there is this recommendation on How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs which rather terse and states that there are many ways to offer source code:

[...] If your software can interact with users remotely through a computer network, you should also make sure that it provides a way for users to get its source. For example, if your program is a web application, its interface could display a "Source" link that leads users to an archive of the code. There are many ways you could offer source, and different solutions will be better for different programs; see section 13 for the specific requirements. [...]

And the section 13 it points back to does not provide much more guidance:

[...] through some standard or customary means of facilitating copying of software.

So what are actual mechanisms implemented by AGPL-licensed projects for users to get the corresponding source code?

  • for a web application with a UI?
  • for an application with no UI and only a REST API?
  • for a command line application?
  • for a library?
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    Isn't the question rather how to "prominently offer all users interacting with it [the software] remotely through a computer network (if your version supports such interaction) an opportunity to receive the Corresponding Source" and not so much about the actual mechanism used to eventually obtain the source? A link to a downloadable archive would work in all cases, but an issue is where such a link would be displayed if there is no user interaction.
    – Mans Gunnarsson
    Commented Jan 31, 2017 at 14:42
  • @MansGunnarsson: yes, you are right: where would this link be displayed? and what would be examples?
    – Philippe Ombredanne
    Commented Jan 31, 2017 at 21:57

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