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Interestingly, the AGPL has been something of a "boogey-man" to some commercial entities, going back 20+ years now. The GPL too, albeit to a lesser extent. Anyw
by mindcrime 2y ago
Interestingly, the AGPL has been something of a "boogey-man" to some commercial entities, going back 20+ years now. The GPL too, albeit to a lesser extent. Anyway, this may well be a great opportunity for a firm who bothers to look a bit deeper and say "OK, maybe the AGPL isn't something to be scared of after all". Just comply with the terms and "no harm, no foul".
- stonogo 2y agoYou might be thinking of a different license, since the AGPL is not yet twenty years old.
- mindcrime 2y ago> the AGPL is not yet twenty years old. That's only true IF you're thinking specifically of the GNU AGPL. The AGPL - more broadly construed - has a pre-GNU history that goes back further. That said, the GNU AGPL evolved out of the original AGPL. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Affero_General_Public_License https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Affero_General_Public_Lice... In March 2002, Affero, Inc. published the original Affero General Public License (AGPLv1) for use with the Affero project and made the new license available for use by other software-as-a-service developers.