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by colejohnson66 1328 days ago
IANAL, but the AGPL scares people (like lawyers) simply because it’s untested legal waters. The GPL at least is clear about what counts as distribution, but the AGPL, depending on who you ask, may or may not be. The GPL also has case law in a few countries; the AGPL doesn’t.

Some developers at $BIGCORP may think they’d be fine using an AGPL library/utility in one spot, but legal gets nervous, so they recommend management shut it down to avoid lawsuits.
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pabs3 1327 days ago
This appears to have been an AGPL related case, although it wasn't about the network clause.

https://www.theregister.com/2017/05/13/gnu_gpl_enforceable_c...

BTW, the AGPL network clause triggers on modification, not on distribution (which the AGPL has the same provisions for as the GPL) or public performance or something else.

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buro9 1328 days ago
Which is fine :) Then I don't get $BIGCORP demands for things for my lil' precious made-for-me-but-shared-with-the-world project.
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