• pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io
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    1 year ago

    You just have to be very careful to not have your developers to get even close to the AGPL source code, because if it’s similar, there’s a possibility the judge says you copied the AGPL code and now your license is AGPL too. There’s a reason companies are really scared about everything related to the license…

    But yes, this happens and you have to have resources to fight it. Which is not easy.

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      1 year ago

      Sadly, the more realistic option is that the judge dismisses the complaint because they don’t understand open source.

      Happens sadly quite often.

      Or it never encounters a judge because the author of the open source project doesn’t have the money to fight a megacorp in a court.