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by pjmlp 4516 days ago
That is why they are violations. With other licenses it is allowed to do so.
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So you acknowledge today some people do already leech as you put it, under the GPL. It may be a violation, and the other party may laugh as they are in a different juridiction. So, what was your point again?
We have a law against theft, yet there are continous occurences of people stealing and getting away with it, so by your logic we should remove the law against theft.
You're confusing "forbid" with "rendering impossible".