{
  "question": "Can I use AGPL 3.0 commercially?",
  "slug": "can-i-use-agpl-3-0-commercially",
  "url": "https://www.rightshold.com/answers/can-i-use-agpl-3-0-commercially",
  "short_answer": "Commercial use: Yes. Commercial use, modified and redistributed: Yes.",
  "framing": "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0-only): As the GPL, plus: if you modify the software and let users interact with it over a network, you must offer them its corresponding source.",
  "checks": [
    {
      "label": "Commercial use",
      "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
      "license_name": "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0",
      "intended_use": {
        "commercial_use": true
      },
      "verdict": "permitted",
      "answer": "Yes",
      "findings": [
        "Every use you described is granted by AGPL 3.0, and nothing you described is prohibited."
      ],
      "duties": [
        "attribution",
        "license_notice",
        "state_changes",
        "share_alike",
        "source_disclosure",
        "network_source_offer"
      ],
      "curation": "curated",
      "official_text": "https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html"
    },
    {
      "label": "Commercial use, modified and redistributed",
      "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
      "license_name": "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0",
      "intended_use": {
        "commercial_use": true,
        "modification": true,
        "redistribution": true
      },
      "verdict": "permitted",
      "answer": "Yes",
      "findings": [
        "Every use you described is granted by AGPL 3.0, and nothing you described is prohibited."
      ],
      "duties": [
        "attribution",
        "license_notice",
        "state_changes",
        "share_alike",
        "source_disclosure",
        "network_source_offer"
      ],
      "curation": "curated",
      "official_text": "https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html"
    }
  ],
  "context": [
    "Section 13: users interacting with a modified version over a network must be offered its source."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0: official text",
      "url": "https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html"
    },
    {
      "title": "AGPL-3.0-only on the SPDX License List",
      "url": "https://spdx.org/licenses/AGPL-3.0-only.html"
    }
  ],
  "check_it_yourself": {
    "mcp": {
      "tool": "check_license",
      "arguments": {
        "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
        "intended_use": {
          "commercial_use": true
        }
      }
    },
    "rest": "POST https://www.rightshold.com/v1/licenses/check"
  },
  "computed_from": "Rightshold license profiles at render time; not legal advice",
  "updated": "2026-10-19"
}