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could you please tell me why GPLv2 allows Apple to include bash3.2 with macOS but not the newer versions with GPLv3? I always had the idea that including GPL so
by auvi 10y ago
could you please tell me why GPLv2 allows Apple to include bash3.2 with macOS but not the newer versions with GPLv3? I always had the idea that including GPL software requires the rest to be GPL too.
- yellowapple 10y agoThe usual issue is the "anti-tivoization" language (basically: the GPLv3 requires hardware that uses GPLv3-licensed software to allow users to install modified versions of that software on the hardware in question). There's also some language around patent licenses that might be unattractive to a company that deals in a lot of software patents (like Apple).