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Nobody forces anyone to modify and distribute GPL'd software. If you don't like the terms of the license don't agree to it. Clarification: If you don't agree w
by EvanAnderson 10y ago
Nobody forces anyone to modify and distribute GPL'd software. If you don't like the terms of the license don't agree to it.
Clarification: If you don't agree with the GPL you also don't get to redistribute code licensed under its terms. Don't redistribute GPL'd code and somehow expect to not be bound by the license. If you don't like the GPL and don't agree w/ its terms that's fine, just don't redistribute GPL'd code then.
- delinka 10y agoIf you don't like the terms of the license, don't use code licensed under that license. You can't just download GPL'd code, disagree with the license, and continue using the code in a manner incompatible with that license.
- EvanAnderson 10y agoI'll clarify: Implicit in my "don't agree to it" was "you don't get to distribute it". I'm not attempting to say that one can "disagree" with the GPL yet still distribute code that's licensed under its terms.
- jessaustin 10y agoGPL specifies no duties for those who use software, just for those who "propagate" software.