As wmf said[0] -- it's not that I thought it was, this is just how a ton of software companies seem to think it works.
At present, those companies aren't wrong -- companies don't go near AGPL with a 100 ft pole (with the notable exception being AWS & MongoDB), but I think many more companies may catch on soon. This was partly the point of my post which I didn't link directly[1]!
I can see that being interpreted as less friendly to commercialization, though the triggers really feel very reasonable an ask while still calling it open source. It's not preventing commercial use, but it is requiring commercial use triggering reciprocal sharing.
At present, those companies aren't wrong -- companies don't go near AGPL with a 100 ft pole (with the notable exception being AWS & MongoDB), but I think many more companies may catch on soon. This was partly the point of my post which I didn't link directly[1]!
[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30953019
[1]: https://vadosware.io/post/the-future-of-free-and-open-source...