>
> So it sounds like the AGPL is a good license to choose if you want to keep 
> your code from being used by big companies… ;-)


If your project is secret software with a public network interface then 
don’t apply the AGPL to it. That’s not the only kind of software used at 
big companies.

Matt

On Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 12:25:24 PM UTC-5, Andy Balholm wrote:

> So it sounds like the AGPL is a good license to choose if you want to keep 
> your code from being used by big companies… ;-)
>
> On Apr 25, 2018, at 8:48 AM, 'David Chase' via golang-nuts <
> golan...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 10:45:35 AM UTC-4, matthe...@gmail.com 
> wrote:
>>
>> I’m curious if some companies juggle the GPL. I guess if the app is used 
>> internally only then there’s no problem with accidentally requiring a 
>> proprietary program to be released as source code to the world. I’d have 
>> thought the case would be the same with the AGPL. Do people count as 
>> individuals in a corporate license with the ability to freely redistribute?
>>
>> I can understand completely avoiding the issue. Language is interpretable 
>> and only a court or whatever would decide what was really agreed to. The 
>> FSF seems to put a lot of work into building up their licenses with legal 
>> precedence.
>>
>
> I have never worked anywhere that could touch AGPL code.
> It was at the level of "just don't, and don't waste anyone's time asking.  
> Don't."
> This is not legal advice, I am just telling you what the policy is/was at 
> all these companies.
>
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