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Except, y'know, when it regurgitates copyrighted code verbatim[0] which is not even derivative but just straight up copyright infringement. [0] https://twitter
by nucleardog 4y ago
Except, y'know, when it regurgitates copyrighted code verbatim[0] which is not even derivative but just straight up copyright infringement.
[0] https://twitter.com/mitsuhiko/status/1410886329924194309 https://twitter.com/mitsuhiko/status/1410886329924194309
- LeSaucy 4y agoEven down to whitespace?
- dzhiurgis 4y agoAs a society IMO we should be fine with this
- ThrowawayR2 4y ago"I believe that all generally useful information should be free. By "free" I am not referring to price, but rather to the freedom to copy the information and to adapt it to one's own uses ... When information is generally useful, redistributing it makes humanity wealthier no matter who is distributing and no matter who is receiving" --Richard M. Stallman Ironic that those who generally purport to champion FOSS fail to understand that Free Software was all about defeating copyright. The GPL was meant to turn copyright against itself.
- teddyh 4y agoThe GPL is a tool for defeating copyright, or at least mitigate the worst of copyright’s effects on software development. If the GPL is weakened, it will be less helpful.