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It is absolutely FUD. https://drewdevault.com/2020/07/27/Anti-AGPL-propaganda.html https://drewdevault.com/2020/07/27/Anti-AGPL-propaganda.html
by gpanders 5y ago
It is absolutely FUD.
https://drewdevault.com/2020/07/27/Anti-AGPL-propaganda.html https://drewdevault.com/2020/07/27/Anti-AGPL-propaganda.html
- jeffbee 5y agoOn the one hand you have a large department of battle-hardened IP lawyers who say that AGPL virality is overbroad and poorly defined, and on the other hand you have a FOSS advocate who says it's fine, so I guess we'll never know for sure!
- josephcsible 5y agoThe FSF and other similar organizations have lawyers too. What do you think their opinion is?
- jeffbee 5y agoThe FSF is not generally a party to the license, so it makes no difference what they think.
- matkoniecz 5y ago> AGPL virality is overbroad Going against interest of Google (and similar companies) is one of main points of AGPL, so this indicated that it works as intended!
- kavalg 5y agoYep, but guess who will win corporate argument inside the company. You may advocate as much as you like, but no legal person will approve the general use of the software in the company. I guess some companies, like Amazon will find their way around the license and still be able to offer it as a service under commercial terms, but not the average Joe in the corporate world.