Short answer: the Affero GPL (AGPL) closes the “SaaS loophole” in the GPL. If you use AGPL’d code in a service users reach over a network, you must make the source code available, even though you never “distribute” the software. You may have heard of this open source license. If
Whether copyleft reaches your code depends on how it is combined: static linking usually triggers it, dynamic linking and separate processes usually do not, and plug-ins are the close call.
What the Linux Foundation’s compliance tools, checklist and SPDX give a proprietary software or SaaS company, and how to turn them into a working open source policy.
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