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AGPL has a ton of problems even as an open source license. Just use a source available or creative commons license, AGPL isn't helping your case.
by candiddevmike 5y ago
AGPL has a ton of problems even as an open source license. Just use a source available or creative commons license, AGPL isn't helping your case.
- bogwog 5y agoWhat kind of problems does AGPL have? Seems like a great choice for someone with commercial plans since it gives you a strong competitive advantage against anyone who thinks of just reselling your software/service.
- candiddevmike 5y agohttps://deavid.wordpress.com/2020/08/02/affero-gpl-is-toxic-avoid-it-like-the-plague/ https://deavid.wordpress.com/2020/08/02/affero-gpl-is-toxic-...
- bogwog 5y agoThat post actually supports my point. He made some bad arguments against AGPL, but this key part highlights the point I was making: > … as well of depriving them from having no competitive advantage for making any suitable profit from it. That’s exactly what I want if I’m planning to make money from my open source project. I can release it as open source so that users can study it, contribute, audit it, self host it, etc. while at the same time avoid worrying about an Elastic Search situation. Obviously, whoever wrote that is coming at it from a different perspective than I.