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atlsyesterday at 6:17 PM1 replyview on HN

AGPLv3 attempts to solve this problem, by forcing SaaS providers to open-source their modifications.

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html


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j1eloyesterday at 6:29 PM

Depends on the needs of the licensor. AGPLv3 solves the problem of other players taking the code, improving it privately, and not sharing those improvements. But AGPLv3 is not a silver bullet for people who write Open Source code and pretend to make a living from it. "Open Source is not a business plan".

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45095581