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		7777777phil 14 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The exploitation paradox in open source Adoption is the problem. Most projects won't touch AGPL because it scares away corporate contributors, so you end up choosing between a license companies will use but can exploit, or one they'll just avoid. Closed the loophole only on paper imo.

krapht 14 days ago [–]

So? If the goal was to attract corporations you'd release under a BSD license.

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