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by kronicum2025 199 days ago
A GPL license is a contract in most other countries. Just not US probably.
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That part of the article is about US cases, so its US law that applies.

> A GPL license is a contract in most other countries. Just not US probably.

Not just the US. It may vary with version of the GPL too. Wikipedia claims its a civil law vs common law country difference - not sure the citation shows that though.