> The code is then released as an AGPLv3 [...] but the only company with the rights to make money off it is the corp dev. Actually anyone that has the AGPL cod

> The code is then released as an AGPLv3 [...] but the only company with the rights to make money off it is the corp dev. Actually anyone that has the AGPL code can sell and/or make money from it. People regularly buy GPL software and pay monthly subscriptions to hosted AGPL software. If you can't compete without having some code as "trade secrets"; that's your failed business model, not a fault of the license.