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by drunkenmagician 815 days ago
This is a different understand that I had on AGPL 3 quote FSF

"The AGPLv3 does not adjust or expand the definition of conveying. Instead, it includes an additional right that if the program is expressly designed to accept user requests and send responses over a network, the user is entitled to receive the source code of the version being used."

Have I misread this? As I understand AGPL3 is an extension of GPL 3. Therefore means if I use an AGPL3 licensed service I have rights to receive the code for this service.

ref: https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2021/fall/the-fundamentals-of-t...

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The key word there is "the version being used". If you're using an unmodified version of Citus, the user is free to go get the source code from GitHub.

That's why the text of the clause itself makes a distinction about "if you modify the Program".