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That's why FSF tried to move from GPL to AGPL. But companies are obviously not interested until they have a next gen business model and SaaS/PaaS is commoditize
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
That's why FSF tried to move from GPL to AGPL. But companies are obviously not interested until they have a next gen business model and SaaS/PaaS is commoditized.
- adrianN 8y agoYour hear many people here on HN actively discouraging the use of the AGPL because it prevents software from being used by companies. Goes to show how well the PR departments work.
- robocat 8y agoOr maybe people have their own reasons to avoid AGPL - no need to assume they are victims of PR. For example I avoid the GPL for our business because I use JavaScript, and it seems to me all of our JavaScript code would need to be open sourced if we used any GPL based JavaScript code (because JavaScript is source code and it isn't linked).
- rmc 8y ago> it prevents software from being used by companies To me, that's a benefit :)