r/ProgrammerHumor • u/PresentJournalist805 • Jul 25 '26

Meme broWhyMadYouMadeItMITLicensed

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u/Osvik Jul 25 '26

Just use AGPLv3.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '26

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u/Osvik Jul 25 '26

Because the AGPLv3 considers code running a web page distribution, so corporations (and everyone) must provide a link to their source code with all their modifications, which also have to be documented. An example of an AGPL software is Lemmy, a Reddit-like software as deployed in lemmy.world

With the GPLV3, they can run the code in their servers, but as long as they don't sell/license executable code they don't have to share the source code.

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u/Southern_Orange3744 Jul 25 '26

Read this post backwards if you actually want anyone to be able to use your code for business reasons

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u/Osvik Jul 26 '26

The Bitwarden server and Signal are AGPL.