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isn't most YC open-core products AGPL basically not really open source unless you pay them for it?
by localfirst 2y ago
isn't most YC open-core products AGPL basically not really open source unless you pay them for it?
- giancarlostoro 2y agoAGPL is open source, the issue is, think of the GPL, and how you have to share code if you release a binary. The AGPL goes a step further, so if you try to run a SaaS with your own custom code on top of the existing codebase, it says you MUST share your code. Hence, you would want to pay for the right to keep your own modifications.
- localfirst 2y agoisn't that basically a non-compete? we can take other peoples code to build an AGPL project but you can't take our code to become a competitor (this would fail the FOSS definition)
- satvikpendem 2y agoHow is it a non-compete? You can take our code, just that if you make any changes, you must share them back to the original codebase.