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		pheug on Nov 15, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “Facebook has taken the name of my open source pro... Big tech companies like Google and Facebook avoid touching AGPL software with a ten foot pole. Choosing AGPL is a great way to isolate yourself from any collaboration with that community

Lammy on Nov 17, 2020 [–]

Yes, that's exactly the point. I don't want those people around my codebase. Nobody on a Crusade to get you to adopt ProtoBuffers or Thrift. No codes of conduct. No risk of getting abandoned when priorities shift (like HHVM dropping support for PHP code). Heaven! I love software again :D

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