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This is not true. Many small but successful companies are released their code using AGPL3 license, so you can see and contribute to the code, but cannot compete
by drran 5y ago
This is not true. Many small but successful companies are released their code using AGPL3 license, so you can see and contribute to the code, but cannot compete with them using the same code.
The typical business model is a paid hosting and paid support for the product.
- eitland 5y ago> so you can see and contribute to the code, but cannot compete with them using the same code. You actually can. You just cannot without giving back. That's the intended beauty of it. Edit: let me point out that I am not an AGPL evangelist. I'm less annoyed at it than I used to be but I still prefer liberal licenses for almost everything.