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See for example https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/using/agpl-policy https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/using/agpl... > Code lice
by mgsloan2 2y ago
See for example https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/using/agpl-policy https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/using/agpl...
> Code licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) MUST NOT be used at Google.
- jenadine 2y agoIt’s their loss
- Defletter 2y agoIs it? Because open source tools re-licensing themselves to be more permissive would seem to indicate whose loss it really is.
- mistercheph 2y agoEmbrace, extend, extinguish. it could take about a century, but every software company (hardware maybe next century) is in the process of being swallowed by free software. Thats not to say people can’t carve out a niche and have balling corporate retreats for a while.. until the sleeping giant wakes up and rolls over you.
- zelcon 2y agoFree software basically only exists because it’s subsidized by nonfree software. It also has no original ideas. Every piece of good free software is just a copy of something proprietary or some internal tool.
- Defletter 2y agoDo you have any kind of source for such claims?
- Defletter 2y agoYou've just made a pretty outrageous claim without evidence that would require a lot of effort on my part to refute, so I'll just go with: if you say so.
- michaelmrose 2y agoThis might indicate moreso that they believe they won't lose anything by the transition and users might ultimately benefit