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[–] tesseract@beehaw.org 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

GPL code can be used in proprietary products as long as it is not distributed outside. There are a lot of such use cases.

[–] wiki_me@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

At this point i think everybody should just use the AGPL instead of the GPL.

[–] tesseract@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago

There was an instance where Google used a GPL software (GNU units?) in their backend and didn't release the modifications because they were technically not distributing it. So yes. It supports your suggestion of using AGPL where its purpose is not immediately apparent. It's a good thing that people are starting to accept copyleft licenses after the anti-copyleft tirade promoted by the industry.

[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Seconded, AGPL may be better especially in cases where software is network related.