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by harry8 1281 days ago
{L,}GPLv{2,3} has corporate lawyers consistently shitting themselves. I derive meaning from this.
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Godel_unicode 1279 days ago
Then I hate to break it to you but that’s totally not true. It might have PMs or engineers shitting themselves, but the lawyers don’t really care. It’s just not a big deal.
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pdntspa 1281 days ago
They play that game because they have to. Your average Joe is not going to be sued for ignoring a license.

A law is only as good as its enforcement.

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