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Licence question: using AGPL and Odoo proprietary modules on the same server

by "Vincent Hatakeyama" <vincent.hatakeyama@orbeet.io> - 08/09/2025 10:32:09
Hi,

After years of only working on Odoo community, we are starting to have several enterprise clients.

The OCA website at https://odoo-community.org/resources/faq indicates:

Can I run OCA AGPL modules and closed source modules on the same instance?
Yes, as long as closed source modules do not depend on AGPL ones and respect the license of its dependencies defined in the “depends” key of its manifest file (and vice versa).


Will we be able to use AGPL modules and paid ones?

Odoo projects will be able to use AGPL modules or paid modules under proprietary licenses, but it is not possible to combine both. Combining LGLPv3 modules and proprietary modules is fine however, so we encourage current owners licensing under AGPL to move to LGPLv3 too, in order to avoid complications for end users.

My CEO believes that this using both AGPL and proprietary modules, even if they do not have dependencies, is not allowed by the AGPL license.
I’ve searched a bit on the mailing list (that started in 2015) but I have not found no discussion on the subject.
On what basis does the OCA position comes from?

Regards,
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Vincent Hatakeyama
Directeur du pôle développement " Orbeet
Tel +33 1 83 62 72 88 Email vincent.hatakeyama@orbeet.io
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