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		jarin on Sept 16, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Diaspora Developer Release It's gonna be tough to do a Diaspora hosting startup with it being AGPL-licensed.

steveklabnik on Sept 16, 2010 [–]

Why? Look at Heroku; they us all off the shelf software for 90% of their components.

People will always pay for convenience.

sandeepshetty on Sept 17, 2010 | [–]

And in diaspora's case, customizations for your community.

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