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According to that logic, you may just rewrite any GPL code line by line and then apply any license you want to distribute the result. It doesn't sound right.
by d0mine 3y ago
According to that logic, you may just rewrite any GPL code line by line and then apply any license you want to distribute the result. It doesn't sound right.
- joshuaissac 3y agoCopyright also applies to the structure of the code. So rewriting it line by line would not be enough to remove all of the GPL-licensed elements. You would also need to restructure and reorganise it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure,_sequence_and_organization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure,_sequence_and_organi...