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The whole purpose of gpl is if you want to be a user of software, you should get freedoms. This effectively eliminates those freedoms by saying that if you use
by hyperhopper 3y ago
The whole purpose of gpl is if you want to be a user of software, you should get freedoms. This effectively eliminates those freedoms by saying that if you use those freedoms, you will no longer be a user.
Defeats the whole purpose, definitely a loophole.
- beanjuiceII 3y agoyou just made 0 sense, you get the freedoms the GPL gives you, the GPL says nothing about you having to continue being a customer of some company
- hyperhopper 3y agoIn a practical sense (but not a legal sense), being a user of the software, and being a customer of the company providing the software that you entered into a contract with and paid, are the same thing.