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by ahnick 2352 days ago
Thanks for the cogent explanation. That actually makes a lot of sense to me.

> A “permission” can only be something which you grant someone which 1. You are in a position to grant and 2. They would otherwise be not permitted to do.

Did you pull this from somewhere? I would like to read more, if so.

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> Thanks for the cogent explanation. That actually makes a lot of sense to me.

Thank you! A lot of this licensing stuff actually does make sense if you just look at it the right way.

> Did you pull this from somewhere? I would like to read more, if so.

Sorry, no. Just from many years of arguing about licensing on the net. For further reading, I would suggest this:

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html