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Re:We Love GPLv3, but Are Switching License to Apache 2.0 by xyzzy_plugh on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @09:07PM (#25354496)
I can count the number of remotely successful businesses built on AGPL software on one hand.

The AGPL doesn't prohibit starting a business, it makes starting a business prohibitive.

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Re:We Love GPLv3, but Are Switching License to Apache 2.0 by posguy on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @12:28AM (#25355664)
OwnCloud, NextCloud, Linphone (their pricelist starts in the 5 figures for support!), etc all run successful businesses off AGPLv3 code. Amazon is notorious for turning AGPLv3 projects and products into SaaS services!

Look at all the SaaS offerings of MongoDB (formerly AGPLv3): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19362919

AGPLv3 doesn't make starting a business prohibitive, arguably forks like NextCloud would not exist if AGPLv3 did not compel codebase users to publish the additional code they wrote to extend OwnCloud

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