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Re:FUTO Keyboard by skeledrew on Saturday June 29, 2024 @02:04PM (#40832401)
AGPL simply means the source of any modifications must be made available. It doesn't stop a company with an overwhelming marketing dept and existing user base from rebranding and providing as their own.
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Re:FUTO Keyboard by josephcsible on Sunday June 30, 2024 @06:37PM (#40840971)
Google certainly has an overwhelming marketing dept and existing user base, but they refuse to touch anything AGPL: https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/using/agpl...
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Re:FUTO Keyboard by skeledrew on Sunday June 30, 2024 @10:58PM (#40842175)
They do, but it's mainly a precautionary measure for them IMO. Too easy to get some AGPL code caught up in some project and then due to its viral nature that entire project would be "tainted", costing them control.
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