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		josephcsible on June 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FUTO Keyboard Google certainly has an overwhelming marketing dept and existing user base, but they refuse to touch anything AGPL: https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/using/agpl...

skeledrew on July 1, 2024 [–]

They do, but it's mainly a precautionary measure for them IMO. Too easy to get some AGPL code caught up in some project and then due to its viral nature that entire project would be "tainted", costing them control.

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