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Just because iText lies about what the AGPL requires doesn't mean that the AGPL is bad. If one company falsely claimed that their MIT-licensed product needed a
by josephcsible 3y ago
Just because iText lies about what the AGPL requires doesn't mean that the AGPL is bad. If one company falsely claimed that their MIT-licensed product needed a different license for commercial use, would everyone start fearing the MIT license too?
- lolinder 3y agoI'm not arguing that the AGPL is bad, I'm just arguing that Google isn't responsible for the false narratives surrounding it. The vendors of AGPL software have a clear and immediate motivation to exaggerate its effects (more commercial contracts), whereas the motivation that Drew posits for Google is a much more elaborate long con. Occam's razor suggests that the vendors are at fault.