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by Ao7bei3s 3752 days ago
> Obviously some lawyer would make the case that it's not a new version since it has drastically different text,

That's exactly what I meant with lawyers<->nerds: publishing a radically different version is a nice hack, but may not hold up legally.

> but at that point we're well into moot, counterfactual realms.

That's what I meant with confusion. If the legal situation isn't entirely clear, the kernel team, distros and related companies might very well decide to play it safe.