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> Unfortunately this advice is incompatible with that of most legal departments. I see this comment pop up every now and then on HN in specific, but I've never
by wredcoll 1y ago
> Unfortunately this advice is incompatible with that of most legal departments.
I see this comment pop up every now and then on HN in specific, but I've never personally had a lawyer tell me this; is there any chance anyone could share an actual example of this?
- qaq 1y agoWell in all large orgs legal has rules which licenses are allowed for dependencies generally it's MIT, Apache, BSD and the like
- jpambrun 1y agoI worked in a large org with 100,000+ employees. You could just use software with pre-approved licences and I am 99% sure AGPL wasn't one of them.
- mdaniel 1y agoGoogle is in that camp, and I would bet they don't skimp on lawyers https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/using/agpl-policy/ https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/using/agpl... I didn't spot it previously but they've even gone so far as to treat it like an actual virus https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/using/agpl-policy/#:~:text=do%20not%20install%20agpl-licensed%20programs%20on%20your%20workstation https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/using/agpl... FWIW they have a similar stance about SSPL https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/thirdparty/licenses#agpl_affero_gpl_osl_and_sspl_not_allowed https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/thirdparty...