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Makes sense to me. Software for common people, but not for corporations or people with an abnormal legal paranoia. WTFPL is probably also good for this, lawyers seem to hate it but normal people are free to use it without worry.

Imagine the motivation somebody might have for releasing their software under a noncommercial freeware license. AGPLv3 is not a noncommercial freeware license but it de facto filters big tech corps as a noncommercial license might, with the added bonus of allowing the use of any GPLv2-or-later code. Best of both worlds.




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