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by stephenr 2934 days ago
> This seems like a massive violation of the spirit of GPL...

What do you mean? The gpl literally exists to restrict the rights of downstream developers.

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The GPL exists to preserve the rights of downstream users. In doing so, it restricts the rights of downstream developers and distributors from restricting the rights of their users.

But we could go on and on back and forth about this. I just wanted to make sure the opposing view from yours is present in the thread near your claim.