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Mainly talks about linking AGPL projects. What about just "using" AGPL projects? Like you'd use a precompiled ffmpeg, cat, grep, etc. without ever touching the
by mschuetz 6y ago
Mainly talks about linking AGPL projects. What about just "using" AGPL projects? Like you'd use a precompiled ffmpeg, cat, grep, etc. without ever touching the source.
- lrem 6y agoRight at the top: Code licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) MUST NOT be used at Google. That's the policy. No exceptions. Don't touch any of it on a corp-issued device.
- mschuetz 6y agoThat's google and it's to be expected because many of the largest companies have a strict no GPL policy, naturally including AGPL. Doesn't mean tens of smaller startups won't use AGPL licensed software for their SaaS services without any sort of compensation or contribution to the orginal project. AGPL does nothing whatsoever to stop profitable companies from exploiting Open Source software without contributing back.
- lrem 6y agoThat's Google, a company half-built on GPL software and employing hundreds (thousands?) of engineers full time contributing to GPL software. Yet, lawyercats decided AGPL is a huge no-no.