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Re:Minio Changes License to AGPL by MaxBarraclough on Friday April 23, 2021 @07:12PM (#26920346)
> It is only when you distribute this copylefted code (e.g., by letting users run it in your computer) that you need to publish your modifications to it.

I don't know if that was a typo, but letting users run the software on your computer, isn't 'distribution' in the usual sense. What you said sounds true of the GPL, but doesn't give a complete account of the AGPL.

From the FSF: [0]

> The GNU Affero General Public License is a modified version of the ordinary GNU GPL version 3. It has one added requirement: if you run a modified program on a server and let other users communicate with it there, your server must also allow them to download the source code corresponding to the modified version running there.

[0] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-affero-gpl.html

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Re:Minio Changes License to AGPL by enriquto on Friday April 23, 2021 @07:19PM (#26920402)
by "your computer" i meant your server. It's the same thing, isn't it?
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Re:Minio Changes License to AGPL by MaxBarraclough on Friday April 23, 2021 @07:27PM (#26920469)
Yes, but that isn't distributing copylefted code. If it were, the GPL and the AGPL would be the same licence.
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