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by eru 3323 days ago
You can totally have GPL-licensed code in closed-source code as long as you don't publish it. So you can totally run your SaaS business like that.

The Affero GPL tries to close that loophole.
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lolc 3321 days ago
Indeed the code only becomes unlicensed as soon as you violate the GPL terms. So I guess the correct way of framing this would be that internal copies, including changes, are still under the GPL.
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