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I don't think the nitty gritty details of the AGPLv3 matter much in practice. Those details matter most to the sort of organizations that fear lawsuits and con
by MichaelCollins 4y ago
I don't think the nitty gritty details of the AGPLv3 matter much in practice. Those details matter most to the sort of organizations that fear lawsuits and consult with lawyers, and such organizations will likely not use AGPLv3 licensed code at all.
AGPLv3 is thus a de facto 'hobbyists only' license, and hobbyists by in large don't go around suing each other; generally they just make good faith efforts to respect each others licenses and maybe use social ostracism when somebody steps over the line. Since hobbyists don't take their community disputes to court, the technical legal minutia of the license doesn't matter to most of them.
- bawolff 4y agoI still think details matter because it helps determine what is good faith following the license. Ambiguity also helps spread fud, which makes it harder for big companies to contribute and reuse such software.