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Afaik GPLv3 is "infectious". If you use a v3 licensed component, you basically have to license the entire codebase as v3 to be in compliance. This is the reason

Afaik GPLv3 is "infectious". If you use a v3 licensed component, you basically have to license the entire codebase as v3 to be in compliance. This is the reason why Apple only ship GPLv2 and MIT/BSD licensed components

bch 5y ago
Is bash integrated into xcode or something, or just sit as a standalone binary?
- lrvick 5y ago
  Ships with the base OS.
  - nerdponx 5y ago
    Does that count for GPLv3 purposes though?
    - yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
      Ubuntu and Fedora ship GPLv3 bash with a GPLv2 kernel (Linux), without relicensing it, so empirically not.
  - mkl 5y ago
    That's not how it works. An operating system does not become a derivative work by shipping with a program.