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Written by Tassoman on 2024-09-12 at 19:27

@zacchiro what if a company developing AGPL3 software gets acquired by a group who decides to serve a similar product, developed by the same first company?

How can we say "similar product" isn't actually violating AGPL3? First company still owns copyright on that source code.

I think "similar product" should be released free, also. What do you think about it? I'm concerned because public money is going to go away badly.

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Written by Stefano Zacchiroli on 2024-09-14 at 10:52

@tassoman (if there is specific context behind this question, I'm totally missing it, so I'm answering as if it's a hypothetical scenario)

In general, the 2nd company hiring the 1st one will acquire all "IP" rights, including copyright, so it will de facto become the copyright owner of the entire AGPL3 code base. (Unless, that is, the code base also contains contributions from 3rd parties that have not signed specific CLA/CAA agreements.)

IANAL, etc.

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