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>> Nothing is forcing them to do that. If you use AGPLv3-licensed code in your codebase, you are agreeing to the terms of the license. Practically all corpora
by thesuperbigfrog 4y ago
>> Nothing is forcing them to do that.
If you use AGPLv3-licensed code in your codebase, you are agreeing to the terms of the license.
Practically all corporate legal teams for companies that creates software will strictly prohibit the use of AGPLv3-licensed software, if not all GPL-based licenses.
- ndriscoll 4y agoUsing AGPL code doesn't mean you agree to the terms. It means if you don't agree to and obey the terms, you don't have a license, which is copyright infringement.
- thesuperbigfrog 4y ago>> if you don't agree to and obey the terms, you don't have a license, which is copyright infringement So you either agree to the license terms or you are breaking the law. If your company violates copyright law, it can be taken to court and sued for damages or forced compliance to the license terms: https://www.mend.io/resources/blog/the-100-million-case-for-open-source-license-compliance/ https://www.mend.io/resources/blog/the-100-million-case-for-... https://www.natlawreview.com/article/gpl-open-source-litigation-could-open-door-to-other-suits https://www.natlawreview.com/article/gpl-open-source-litigat... https://wiki.fsfe.org/Migrated/GPL%20Enforcement%20Cases https://wiki.fsfe.org/Migrated/GPL%20Enforcement%20Cases
- charcircuit 4y agoBeing taken to court for infringement of free software's copyright is rare. On top of that the copied code only being a snippet from copilot makes it even less likely to happen. The snippet alone may not be considered copyrightable.