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by teddyh 821 days ago
AGPL, nor any other GPL variant, does not cover the output of programs. Don’t fall for the FUD, and stop spreading it.
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Google (as in, the corporation, not the search results) says anything derived from AGPL code may be covered by the AGPL license. It's enough of a threat that internal use of AGPL licensed tools is forbidden at both Google and Apple and probably others.

Source: https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/using/agpl...

Program output is not derived from the source code of the program.

Google and other lockdownopolists being weird about AGPL is well-known.