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Simple bundling is not a GPL violation, only linking.

• Relys 11y ago
  Is there any license that prohibits this then? If not, should one be created?
  • amyjess 11y ago
    If there was, it wouldn't be open source. The Open Source Definition explicitly prohibits any license that restricts simple bundling [0]: > The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several different sources. Same with the Debian Free Software Guidelines [1]: > The license of a Debian component may not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several different sources. [0] https://opensource.org/osd-annotated https://opensource.org/osd-annotated [1] http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines