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Let me add something to be clear. As I understand it, free software was always happy to let you or your company modify and use software for your own use. The philosophy was always about respecting the users of the software, so the licenses don't kick in until someone else uses it. The problem addressed by AGPL is that someone can use your software over a network connection without running it themselves: a loophole in GPL.


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