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Uh, a lot of people are missing the point on AGPL here. AGPL wasn't meant to be easily used in every project by every individual or company out there, it was me
by Liberion 6y ago
Uh, a lot of people are missing the point on AGPL here. AGPL wasn't meant to be easily used in every project by every individual or company out there, it was meant exactly for the effect it's having: Making you skip it if you're not willing to contribute back, while keeping the abiliy to free software creators to easily use it.
- heavyset_go 6y agoI agree, this is the reason that I release software under the AGPL: I intend for consumers of my projects to adhere to the terms of the licenses they were released under, otherwise I wouldn't have released them at all.
- mr_toad 6y agoAnother point that people seem to be overlooking is that even if the software had been released under a more permissive licence like the BSD licence the site still would have been in violation of it because they didn’t provide attribution, and even had the temerity to claim the code was theirs. In all likelihood the outcome would have been the same regardless of what licence was used.