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Re:Open Source License Business Perception Report by vishbar on Thursday March 30, 2017 @06:53AM (#13994323)
I thought the AGPL only applied to modifications of the AGPL'd software? E.g. you'd have to open source any modifications of the AGPL service you make.
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Re:Open Source License Business Perception Report by Dayshine on Thursday March 30, 2017 @07:01AM (#13994359)
Yes, but to "modify" under the definition of GPL (which AGPL extends) includes linking.

Which is why the weaker LGPL excludes linking, AGPL is stronger, so definitely includes linking.

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Re:Open Source License Business Perception Report by haddr on Thursday March 30, 2017 @12:41PM (#13996899)
How does the concept of linking translates to a deployed database that is interfaced using some SQL endpoint or REST service?
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