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by kaba0 1982 days ago
And there is no reason the spread FUD.

Oracle v. Google has nothing to do with it (Java’s licence at the time explicitly disallowed mobile usage) Do you have an examples that give rise to any sort of concern about the usage of GPL-licenced code (regardless of code owner)?
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pwdisswordfish5 1982 days ago
It's like we're not even having the same conversation. McNealy, founder of Sun, testified under oath that GPL doesn't permit commercial use. What was unclear about this the first time it was stated?
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sideeffffect 1982 days ago
> GPL doesn't permit commercial use

That is alarmingly false. Do you have a source that McNealy indeed has said that? I couldn't find anything by googling.

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pwdisswordfish5 1982 days ago
Scott McNealy, under direct examination on 2012 April 26: "you can't license GPL code and then resell it for a profit"

Source: Official Reporters for the US District Court for the Northern District of California (regarding Oracle v. Google, 3:10-cv-03561)

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