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Yeah; GPLv3 seems designed to give pure *aaS companies an unfair advantage over people that want to give users the option to buy commercially supported hardware

by hedora 2y ago

Yeah; GPLv3 seems designed to give pure *aaS companies an unfair advantage over people that want to give users the option to buy commercially supported hardware that runs the company's software. For instance, Google can use bash in their backend infrastructure, but Apple cannot ship it on MacBooks or iOS anymore.

jcotton42 2y ago
> Yeah; GPLv3 seems designed to give pure *aaS companies an unfair advantage over people that want to give users the option to buy commercially supported hardware that runs the company's software. SaaS didn't exist when the GPL was drafted. If that's an issue for you, there's the AGPL.
- alwayslikethis 2y ago
  > SaaS didn't exist when the GPL was drafted If you mean v3, this isn't true. AGPLv3 is written the same time as GPLv3, and references each other to maintain compatibility (a special provision that lets you use code in the other license provided you follow the other license for that component)