Re:We Picked AGPL
by iaaan on Monday August 12, 2024 @08:43PM
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Every so often I run through the common set of licenses to double-check which one I want to personally use for my projects (both commercial and for fun), and I always end up back at AGPL. For me, it just strikes the right balance between open-source and restricting corporations from disproportionately profiting off of my labor.
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Re:We Picked AGPL
by Dylan16807 on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @01:25AM
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It can't be anti and off topic at the same time.
I think trying to prevent disproportionate profit by big companies is plenty compatible with the ethos. The ethos of GPL is all about the end user, after all.
> would mean they are providing amazing resources
No it doesn't mean that.
> Corporations have provided more value to the world than any person
If by value you mean: "have increased gini coefficient", then yes, corporations have done that.
Re:We Picked AGPL
by thelastparadise on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @02:59PM
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Do you intend for companies to use your software, just not resell it? Or do you not even want them to use it?
> For me, it just strikes the right balance between open-source and restricting corporations from disproportionately profiting off of my labor.
A purely F/OSS company could potentially profit way more from your code than you do and still comply with the license. You'd be free to reincorporate their code back into yours, of course. But code isn't money.
Re:We Picked AGPL
by sedansesame on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @01:02AM
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That sounds proportionate to me. They get to make profits, and I get to use their improvements if they also benefit me.
This can foster more community than if MIT code were to be taken and locked behind closed doors, for profit and to no benefit for the devs that made it possible.
A gift freely given doesn’t care what the recipient does with the gift. This idea that corporations aren’t legitimate users of GPL software is simply anti-capitalist bitterness. The ability to run a service with GPL software is a feature, not a bug (or “loophole”).