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The GPL/LGPL isn’t IP in the same sense as Disney’s character portfolio or corporate patent trolling though. Many people would like to see the death of the lat
by pavlov 3y ago
The GPL/LGPL isn’t IP in the same sense as Disney’s character portfolio or corporate patent trolling though.
Many people would like to see the death of the latter kind of IP but not necessarily the “enforced sharing” version that GPL invented.
- diogenes4 3y ago> The GPL/LGPL isn’t IP in the same sense as Disney’s character portfolio or corporate patent trolling though. Sure, these licensing terms are meant to protect against said evils. They would also be unnecessary in a world that discarded the idea of owning data. And they're still ridiculous—especially copyleft.
- zigzag312 3y agoA bit off topic, does GPL IP ever expire?
- pwdisswordfishc 3y agoYes, like any copyright.