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And the main trust of the AGPL is treating giving access to a running program, as traditional GPL "distribution" - code must be made available to users of a ser

by e12e 8y ago

And the main trust of the AGPL is treating giving access to a running program, as traditional GPL "distribution" - code must be made available to users of a service upon request - along with any changes. With GPL - for example - Amazon could freely customize the Linux kernel with a new software defined networking stack for use by s3 back-end services. And would be free not to share the changes. If the kernel was under AGPL users of s3 would have a legal right to see the changes.

trasz 8y ago
Of the Linux kernel was under AGPL, they would probably just use some other code under less restrictive license instead.
- e12e 8y ago
  It was just an example. Fwiw netflix uses a bit of freebsd - but I also believe they contribute back to the community.