[mrwyz]

The AGPL is great, even for business. I make a living from AGPL software. Lots of people generally don't like it, because AGPL was not written to please the largest number of developers, but rather to protect the basic software freedoms of end-users. In a sense, the AGPL guarantees more freedoms, is more free, than other licenses such as MIT/BSD for end-users. But depends on the point of view.

Many developers don’t like to have their freedom to steal to be restricted by such strong terms as those imposed by the AGPL. And that’s a good thing for you, my fellow maintainers. It’s also a great thing for you, dear end-users.

[sneak]

Using a gift freely given isn’t stealing. Just as all other forms of copying data are not stealing.

Obviously.

[baggy_trough]

"freedom to steal"?

[saul-paterson]

Steal from the users of the software, yes. It's not about developers, it was never really about developers if we're talking copyleft licenses.

[mrwyz]

MIT/BSD and similar ones.

[baggy_trough]

I don't know what you mean.

[mrwyz]

BSD/MIT allows you to take code without any obligation to contribute back.

[baggy_trough]

Using code that is freely given is not in any sense stealing.

[mrwyz]

Only if you think taking the work of others and profiting from it without contributing anything back is fine.