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by drdexebtjl 14 days ago
A license designed to be politically neutral?

The GPL variants are the antithesis of politically neutral.
2 comments
Ferret7446 14 days ago
Only insofar as political neutrality is interpreted by the modern polarized political factions as a political stance.

The GPL "tolerates" conflicting political opinions, which used to be closer to the norm and thus not political.

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lenkite 13 days ago
The GPL mandates that if you modify and distribute GPL licensed software, your derivative work must also be free and open-source. This ensures code cannot be made proprietary.

Other than that, there is no expectation of political stance.

Only in the current ultra-modern age, has politically neutral devolved to meaning that you must agree with me on 99.99%.

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