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AGPL wouldn't stop copyright lawyers from using it or even making changes and not sharing. It would only stop another company from making changes and not sharing them and selling the service to lawyers.

Of course copyright lawyers have to prove in court their means how they hunted some violation.

They would therefore have to disclose any modifications they made to an AGPL software, therefore giving insights how they hunt, therefore allow for better countermeasures.

Don't be naive about lawyers, they are aware what AGPL means.

They would therefore have to disclose any modifications they made to an AGPL software

That's just not what the license says.

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