tl;dr - AGPL aligns creators, maintainers, tinkerers, and users of software while leaving avenues for monetization. AGPL isn’t actually anti-hosting (IANAL) but is instead a forced improvement repatriation scheme. Nimbus Web Services will host AGPL software and contribute back – hyperscalers can too. Read the fundamentals of the AGPLv3 and Why the affero GPL. UPDATE (2022/04/27) After some discussion on HN I figured I'd highlight it here -- this post is meant to address software that can ...