One big reason we don't use AGPL at Sentry is that we want companies to be able to self-host individually (just not start a competing SaaS), and many have a blanket ban on AGPL.
I expect we will soon start to see blanket bans on fair use licenses also. At least the functional software license referenced here. There is just too much great area and potential legal risk.
Sentry's experience suggests otherwise, as 10,000+ users from hobbyists up to FAANG companies have been using Sentry under Fair Source terms for five years now.
I don’t get the blanket ban on AGPL-am I misunderstanding how attach-y it is?
For example, people seem to have the impression that if you host something like an AGPL email validation service that just has an API to request a check for an email and then connects via SMTP, which another service calls, that you “infect” your product that even uses that API.
I get that if you change the service and/or expose it publicly you have to make the changes available, but it seems misunderstood.
It might be: but as a creator of software one wants to make their users happy. We certainly do we at Sentry.
Even personally, years ago I relicensed all my GPL code to BSD/MIT because I wanted people to use my software. I’m not there to tell them that they are wrong about their license restrictions.
Another possibility is to make it available under several licenses: AGPL + free but restricted licence.