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		mbonnet 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: RFC: PHP license update Plenty of big businesses will use AGPL software ... because you can dual license. AGPL lets you claim "open source" while still being able to pretty universally charge for the software's use via your commercial licensing option.

nerdyadventurer 9 months ago [–]

I'm confused can you please explain it bit more, are you talking about open core model?

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