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For standalone software like databases or CLI tools AGPL isn't an issue, if legal departments would object against using such software those companies couldn't
by ThePhysicist 6y ago
For standalone software like databases or CLI tools AGPL isn't an issue, if legal departments would object against using such software those companies couldn't run Linux/GNU tools either. For libraries it's a different story of course. The other points are mostly true, I think if open-source is just a marketing strategy to you it's not worth it.
- the-dude 6y agoUhh, wasn't this what the Elastic license change was all about?
- ThePhysicist 6y agoNo, Elastic was licensed as Apache 2.0, which is much more liberal than AGPL. Also, they changed the license because a large company basically resold their solution withtout granting them a share of the revenue. OPs point about the (A)GPL was that it would hinder the adoption of OS software by companies.