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0 pointstrasz3y ago0 comments

It doesn't - companies can still use FOSS software, just not AGPL. That's pretty much exactly how it works right now.

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Yes, of course a license can't fix anything if nobody uses it.

So it should be implicitly pretty obvious that that meant "the license can fix things if FOSS developers actually use it", shouldn't it?

traszOP3y ago

Again, no - it would only work if every single one FOSS developer agreed to use it.

> Again, no - it would only work if every single one FOSS developer agreed to use it.

Huh? Whatchoo talking about, Willis?

If "only" 99% of FOSS developers used a truly freedom-preserving FOSS license, only 1% of FOS software could be taken non-free.

If "only" 90% of FOSS developers used a truly freedom-preserving FOSS license, only 10% of FOS software could be taken non-free.

Dunno where you draw the line of "works", but I'd say down to around 80/20 or perhaps even 70/30 would be "pretty much works".

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