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Normalize the use of #AGPLv3 for its original purpose: to help protect the freedoms of the end-users of networked services like #Mastodon, not to help build a proprietary software business model (in which alternative commercial licenses are sold because the obligations of AGPLv3 are "scary").
(Personal opinion).
@msw I think the advancement of the whole of software through use of AGPLv3 is better than leaving such software hidden behind commercial terms only. The costs to create a real business around a service are substantial, and it’s easy to see how existing software behemoths have entirely too much advantage unless you include provisions that keep others from taking advantage of your own altruism with a minimum of effort.
@bjones yes, I think that software being available under AGPLv3 license is better in many ways than software being closed off under proprietary licenses.
But the licensor of the software needs to understand what freedoms they are giving via AGPLv3, and that includes the freedom to compete in free markets.
AGPLv3 is not designed to protect the licensor (apart from warranty disclaimer, etc.). It protects freedoms for the user.
As long as the licensor groks that, it's all good.