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> Consider the values: We link AGPL software and there's an x% chance we have to spend 10 billion dollars in litigation, engineering effort, and fines to keep our stuff closed source. At what value of X do you make this rule? That X% is at most the same for using proprietary software. AGPL does NOTHING beyond an ADDITIONAL license grant beyond that. You can pretend AGPL code was Copyright (c) All Rights Reserved. Goo…
> That X% is at most the same for using proprietary software In general (leaving out the specific $10 billion threshold, which I would agree is silly but detracts from the valid point being made), no, it's not, because AGPL software is far more likely to have lots of copyright holders who haven't transferred copyright, each of whom could sue Google, widening the litigation risk, and those copyright holders are more l…
In either case, the outcome is damages. If I've contributed 5 lines of code to an AGPL program, damages to me are peanuts. If Google makes a reasonable settlement offer, and I decline, I'm likely on the hook for Google's legal fees.