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by spacechild1 32 days ago
You don't seem to understand what FOSS is really about. The GPL has always been about the user. When a company license-washes a existing GPL software project and turns it into a proprietory product, the resulting code is not "free" anymore in the sense that the user has lost control. This is exactly what the author wanted to prevent in the first place by licensing their code under the GPL.
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Did you reply to a wrong comment?
I don't think so.
Well, you seem to be in a violent agreement with me then.
Oh, you're actually right! I did reply to the wrong comment... Mea culpa! Now I can't edit it anymore and look like an idiot. Well...