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If you are writing closed-source software, only use other software which are MIT, Apache, or BSD licensed. | If you are writing closed-source software, only use other software which are MIT, Apache, or BSD licensed. | ||
Do not use or link to any AGPL software such as MongoDB. Interacting with GPL programs such as MariaDB through an interface layer is fine though. | |||
Licensing your own software as AGPL will prevent it from ever being bought out or used at many tech companies. | |||
This is because tech companies, in particular Google, have an AGPL ban<ref name="googleagpl">Google AGPL Policy: https://opensource.google/docs/using/agpl-policy/</ref>. | |||
==MIT License== | ==MIT License== | ||