> Only AGPLv3 provides protection against "bad actor" SaaS providers. Elastic, Mongo, Redis et al moved away from AGPLv3 to an even more sterner SSPLv1. May be

> Only AGPLv3 provides protection against "bad actor" SaaS providers. Elastic, Mongo, Redis et al moved away from AGPLv3 to an even more sterner SSPLv1. May be AGPLv3 isn't enough? Also the comparison seems odd since listmonk isn't in the same category as those; listmonk isn't core to the creator's business / income. > I'd appreciate it if you could be a bit more specific in where you see the non-understood nuances. Ref the part of the answer to the question which goes: >> Q: What if in my case... the author of the library insist that the copyleft is triggered even if I am using the library unmodified and that I must redistribute the whole source code, including my own? >> A: In this special case you should never ignore this interpretation (even though it looks clearly incorrect based on the facts I presented here) and you have two options... > ...there are exemptions and AGPLv3 projects are used (but not derived or directly linked to!) My best wishes to those proprietary-software selling tech cos for taking more risk than they should.