Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

AWS specifically might not, but I can say with some certainty that cloud providers can host AGPL software. It's not impossible that Compose (the now IBM-owned cloud database hosting company) pulled in more revenue from RethinkDB than RethinkDB, Inc., did.


Yeah, it's a matter of risk. Rightly or wrongly you could get hit with a lawsuit that says "we have infected your entire control plane; open-source it or die" and every cloud provider has to weigh that for themselves.


To be fair, thigh, when the cloud provider has deeper pockets than the developer of the AGPL'd software, that means something different.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: