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by moffkalast 1457 days ago
Moreover it's a genuine danger for non-hobbyist developers since you could be including stolen code into a market product.

Even including something banal like Linux is already problematic since it's GNU licensed, which by extension makes your entire project GNU licensed and you can't keep the exclusive rights to it.
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ryukafalz 1457 days ago
Just to clear this up, since I’ve heard this a lot before:

> since it's GNU licensed, which by extension makes your entire project GNU licensed and you can't keep the exclusive rights to it

This is incorrect. Including GPL code in your product cannot automatically relicense your code. It’s just a copyright violation if your product’s license isn’t GPL-compatible and you don’t abide by the GPL.

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