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I was not actually talking about the totality of Google's verdict about AGPL. For some projects in some companies it might just be the right license to use. Rat
by jgilias 6y ago
I was not actually talking about the totality of Google's verdict about AGPL. For some projects in some companies it might just be the right license to use. Rather, I was talking about the particular example of Google Maps and PostGIS.
Google's army of lawyers say: If PostGIS 'this' => Google Maps must be 'this'. And the author says, 'no, that's false'. Someone must be wrong here. And if I had to place a bet on which side is more likely to have gotten it the way a court of law might interpret it, I'd put my bet on a bunch of people with law degrees.
- Conan_Kudo 6y agoI would be careful about that. People with law degrees rarely provide useful generic guidance. They're paid not to, and there's a lot of downsides for them to do so. Consequently, always treat guidance from folks with law degrees with a degree of skepticism. Do your own research and ideally get your own person with a law degree to develop an opinion you can trust.