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They make a very good case against corporate-friendly licences like MIT/BSD, which I definitely agree with, but say nothing about why they don't use AGPL. Hones
by globular-toast 2y ago
They make a very good case against corporate-friendly licences like MIT/BSD, which I definitely agree with, but say nothing about why they don't use AGPL. Honestly I think the problem with A/GPL is that they are considered "uncool". You just can't use them, because reasons.
Who decides what is cool? That's right, the marketing departments of huge corporations...
- xmcqdpt2 2y agoAGPL would still allow a third party to fork their code and create a commercial product out of it, which is what they are opposed to. The AGPL only requires that the host also provides their code.
- globular-toast 2y agoNo, it also requires that it's licensed under the AGPL, meaning the users get free software.
- xmcqdpt2 2y agoRight yes, provide their code licensed under AGPL, it's an important distinction, thanks. What it doesn't ban people from doing is selling a service, which is different from their license that allows only non-commercial uses.