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No it isn't, companies are able to do that if they want. AGPL just makes sure those companies release their modifications to your project.
by flukus 9y ago
No it isn't, companies are able to do that if they want. AGPL just makes sure those companies release their modifications to your project.
- EGreg 9y agoThey usually have polices to not even touch AGPL.
- quadrangle 9y agoYes indeed. The implication from the other poster was that companies can't exploit the project and make derivatives without sharing their source code. That doesn't stop them, but it does make it possible for people to get the updates, self-host or create competing instances, which is a major check on the power that proprietary services have.