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Because people are stupid. Never underestimate stupidity.

In all seriousness, it’s just that the AGPL considers network use to be distribution and thus entitled to the source[https://medium.com/swlh/understanding-the-agpl-the-most-misu...]

This terrifies people for some reason. Basically because they want the freedom to modify open source projects and call it their own without giving back to the project that actually created it.



The stupid people are lawyers and they definitely seem to think they have a good reason.


All stupid people think they are right. Give me one concrete AGPL case that justifies their aversion.

Anyway, it's their loss.


Is there an AGPL case that can be used to say "there's no risk" ?


MongoDB rose to fame on the back of the AGPL.


I meant a legal case. That's what lawyers are going to want - not an absence of cases but one that has already happened.

Honestly, go talk to your org's lawyer.




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