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Re:Switching from macOS: The Basics by holri on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @10:57AM (#12855399)
If it stops working it violates the GPL:

Freedom 0: "The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose."

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Re:Switching from macOS: The Basics by pmontra on Thursday November 03, 2016 @11:27AM (#12864742)
You have the code, so you can run it as you wish.

Does this line make a program un-GPL?

    exit(0) if Time.now > Time.new(2016,11,15,0,0,0)
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Re:Switching from macOS: The Basics by holri on Monday November 07, 2016 @03:42PM (#12894846)
yes, because you can start it again. If it destroys itself it is un-GPL
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