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0 pointsDylan168073y ago0 comments

Not even locally?

And even then that's mostly because the GPL won't let you. You can combine it with MIT license programs, right?

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josephcsible3y ago· 2 in thread

> Not even locally?

So much for freedom to distribute, I guess.

> And even then that's mostly because the GPL won't let you. You can combine it with MIT license programs, right?

How about this instead? I can't release a free derivative work of it.

Dylan16807OP3y ago

If we go back to "free speech for [category of people]", then you can release a derivative that's free for most users and all individuals. That's part of why I find that wording interesting. It's not free to everyone but there are often legal restrictions even on GPL code...

josephcsible3y ago

> there are often legal restrictions even on GPL code

The difference is that they don't restrict freedom, but rather the power to withhold freedom from others: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/freedom-or-power.en.html

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