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> https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/using/agpl...

If you have some background knowledge of Google's architecture, this explains exactly why the AGPL is banned there: all code is built from one monorepo where everything is linked together.

> https://writing.kemitchell.com/2021/01/24/Reading-AGPL

This completely agrees with what I said. At it's core, the A part of the AGPL only kicks in if:

> “you modify the Program” and > “your [modified] version supports such interaction [remotely through a computer network]”

Yes he calls out various potential problems and a potential loophole, but those same problems are also present in the regular GPL!



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