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by camgunz 674 days ago
> That is certainly the case for LGPL, but by my understanding it isn't for GPL nor by extension AGPL.

If you don't modify, you have no obligations. Easy.
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dspillett 674 days ago
Nope. That is LGPL. Under (A)GPL if you make a derivative work you have obligations even if you do not modify. Easy.

[Well, not so easy, as this discussion and the likes of Minio saying “get your own lawyer to tell you what our licence says” illustrate – what constitutes a derived work is apparently not objectively well-defined]

Don't believe me? Ask Google and their vast legal team: https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/using/agpl...

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camgunz 673 days ago
Neither the AGPLv3 nor your link reference "derivative works". It's a GPLv2 concept they jettisoned for (A)GPLv3.

https://softwarefreedom.org/resources/2014/SFLC-Guide_to_GPL...

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