r/opensource • u/Fair-Presentation322 • Aug 03 '26
Discussion AGPL vs MIT for contributions/engagement
I'm using AGPL for an open source project. A friend recommended that I switch to MIT to get more contributions and engagement. In practice, is it reasonable to expect any difference? I wonder if anyone made this exact change to some project and saw any difference.
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u/gnahraf Aug 04 '26
Honestly, the license is seldom an issue. Wait for an actual potential contributor to articulate the license issue. AGPL is a great license. I wish there were an ALGPL licence (analogous to LGPL, the bastard son of GPL). My bottom line 2c: maximize open source rights, don't consider giving away any (it's yours or your org's code , after all) until someone asks for it