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> And arguable, open source couldn't exist without it. Couldn't you just include selling a product or a licence for it as a requirement?

• eru 11mo ago
  The GPL is a license.
  • NekkoDroid 11mo ago
    selling a product or license Generally most GPL'd software isn't sold (terms and conditions may apply).
    • eru 11mo ago
      IBM used to sell you the computer, and the software was free. The industry could resurrect that practice as a loophole.
      • NekkoDroid 11mo ago
        If you sell the computer with the software preinstalled it would still fall under the selling a product part. So if you'd want to actually have a loophole you'd at best be selling the product without any software, and we both know how well that would go with the masses.
        • eru 11mo ago
          > [...] and we both know how well that would go with the masses. Pretty well, actually, as long as you can download the software for free.