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> Because it infects code even if you don't modify it.

No it doesn't. The extra section of the AGPL that the GPL doesn't have explicitly says it only applies if you do modify it.

> Its universally banned not just startups.

You linked me to the rule that it's banned at Google, but still not to the source of any rule that it's banned at any startups.




7-day-old comment, but the company I work for (not a startup) flat-out bans creating a dependency on AGPL code.


How about this: There are AGPL software vendors who think making HTTP requests to their AGPL software forces you to license the client as AGPL too. To avoid their lawsuits, companies forbid internal use of AGPL software.




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