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"If you choose a license like AGPL then this will exclude most corps", period. It is nicknamed Anxiety GPL for a reason... the discussion of what other parts of
by ricardobeat 4y ago
"If you choose a license like AGPL then this will exclude most corps", period. It is nicknamed Anxiety GPL for a reason... the discussion of what other parts of your system are a 'derivative work', and would require licensing under AGPL, hasn't been settled and depends on individual lawyers' or judges' interpretation.
- teraflop 4y agoThe definition of what counts as a "derivative work" has nothing whatsoever to do with the AGPL: it's defined by copyright law. (Although you're right that it's almost entirely defined by case law, rather than being explicitly defined in statutes or regulations.) If something is a derivative work for the purposes of the AGPL, then it's also a derivative work for the purposes of the GPL, or any other copyright license.