Re:The terms of the AGPL are pretty easy to comply with
by yencabulator on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @05:03PM
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There's rarely a singular author of an AGPL library, and that's part of the problem -- the business is not likely to have someone to negotiate with. Microsoft is much more of a known quantity, and the likely risk can be put into dollars relatively easily, compared to the AGPL situation.
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Re:The terms of the AGPL are pretty easy to comply with
by lmm on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @08:29PM
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I'm not sure that actually helps you? If you license a library from Microsoft, anyone could claim to hold a copyright on it; you might be able to get Microsoft to refund what you paid for it, but you're still liable for whatever distribution you did. I don't think library licencors normally indemnify you against that, and if anything you have less ability to defend yourself from trolls since you're unlikely to get a full VCS history the way you usually would with an AGPL library.