> In this case it is google's code running on google's computers. Which is mostly based on Free Software, starting with GNU/Linux. The Affero General Public Li

> In this case it is google's code running on google's computers. Which is mostly based on Free Software, starting with GNU/Linux. The Affero General Public License is intended to disallow this loophole of "it is only running on our servers, hence we are technically not distributing it, so we do not have to release the code": https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html