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

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InitOS GmbH, Frederik Kramer
- 13/09/2025 13:45:46 
Hi Greame,

there is amble debate on when an AGPL licenced software is actually made 
publicly available. To cases where it is pretty clear (to me and most 
people that i know do academic research on the matter):

1.) Your company is actually consisting of more then one legal entities 
collaborating on the same system (e.g. holding structure)

2.) If you use E-Commerce ar any means of direct user acces (like portal 
functions)

3.) If you let externals to your company access to the software (even 
with a VPN), e.g. freelancer use cases, suppliers, customers

Furthermore as soon as you modify anything you implicitely agree to the 
license liabilities

See 
https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/1hh25a0/agpl_for_software_hosted_internally/ 
for a little bit of debate on the matter

Best Frederik

Am 13.09.25 um 13:02 schrieb Graeme Gellatly:

>

> The simplest way is to just not accept the license and not propagate 

> the AGPL licensed work. As long as you are using it unmodified, there 

> is no requirement to accept. Clause 9 is quite clear. 

> Conveyance/propagation as a combined work is easily avoided.


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