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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

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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