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> If the source code originally used AGPL, isn’t it still contractually obligated to ensure those rights to its users, including any new source code added to it
by tsimionescu 3y ago
> If the source code originally used AGPL, isn’t it still contractually obligated to ensure those rights to its users, including any new source code added to it?
This guy really has no idea how copyright and licensing work. The AGPL places no obligation on the one distributing the original source code, it only places obligations on those who want to use or re-distirbute the code. There are no ifs, ands, or buts about this.
If you don't understand such a fundamental point about licensing, you really really shouldn't be making a fool of yourself speaking about it in public.
- enasterosophes 3y agoYes, exactly. As a free software developer and freelancer, I can release my stuff to the public under GPL, and a company who wants proprietary customizations can still negotiate with me to secure a different license just for them. This post was absolutely cringe. There's a difference between "IANAL" and "I just never even bothered trying to understand."