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0 pointsglobular-toast1y ago0 comments

They make a very good case against corporate-friendly licences like MIT/BSD, which I definitely agree with, but say nothing about why they don't use AGPL. Honestly I think the problem with A/GPL is that they are considered "uncool". You just can't use them, because reasons.

Who decides what is cool? That's right, the marketing departments of huge corporations...

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xmcqdpt21y ago

AGPL would still allow a third party to fork their code and create a commercial product out of it, which is what they are opposed to.

The AGPL only requires that the host also provides their code.

globular-toastOP1y ago

No, it also requires that it's licensed under the AGPL, meaning the users get free software.

xmcqdpt21y ago

Right yes, provide their code licensed under AGPL, it's an important distinction, thanks.

What it doesn't ban people from doing is selling a service, which is different from their license that allows only non-commercial uses.

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0 pointsglobular-toast1y ago0 comments

Who decides what is cool? That's right, the marketing departments of huge corporations...

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xmcqdpt21y ago

AGPL would still allow a third party to fork their code and create a commercial product out of it, which is what they are opposed to.

The AGPL only requires that the host also provides their code.

globular-toastOP1y ago

No, it also requires that it's licensed under the AGPL, meaning the users get free software.

xmcqdpt21y ago

Right yes, provide their code licensed under AGPL, it's an important distinction, thanks.

What it doesn't ban people from doing is selling a service, which is different from their license that allows only non-commercial uses.

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