> How many people using RethinkDB are changing its code?
That's not the point. If you're even using the software the other software components would also be bound by the AGPL license.
That's not the point. If you're even using the software the other software components would also be bound by the AGPL license.
Anything that simply uses the projects APIs is not bound to the same license. If this were not the case, then companies using MongoDB would have to be releasing all their project code, including Google / Ebay / EA / Sage / anyone else listed here: https://www.mongodb.com/who-uses-mongodb
If all these high profile companies are OK with using an AGPL project without turning their projects open source, then I'm sure it's legally fine to do so in practise.
It gives you the right to the source code of the program if you interact with it remotely through a computer network (directly or indirectly). It does not apply to other software(e.g. a client driver) that connects to tne program.