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0 pointsmajewsky7y ago0 comments

In which way does using Docker circumvent the GPL? It's not like Docker images are opaque binary blobs, unless you count tar.gz as opaque.

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tannhaeuser7y ago· 2 in thread

Because a GNU userspace is "distributed" along with proprietary software?

If that were a GPL violation, >90% of Linux distributions were violating the GPL.

How so? Distros provide source code, unlike Docker images.

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