[License-discuss] What's wrong with the AGPL?

[Dirk Riehle]

Thanks for the answer.

>> Is there any recognized published statement that explains whether the
>> AGPL achieves a network copyleft effect as intended or not? And if the
>> conclusion is that it doesn't what's the alternative if you want this
>> effect?
>
> AGPL doesn't intend a "network effect" — at least not as VCs would see 
> it —indeed as a copyleft license it's intended to prevent this.

This is the news for me. For the longest time, the AGPL was positioned 
as a network ("cloud") copyleft license.

Do you have any pointers as the original intentions not being that?

Thanks, Dirk

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