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Re:Copyleft terms may become unenforceable in 11 countries d... by shmerl on Thursday June 14, 2018 @02:09PM (#17313891)
Current language is surely messed up. If they meant it can't be required for software that's not already open - they should clarify that. And why such stupid provision be included to begin with? If someone wants to mandate FOSS as part of some import, it's their choice why should it be forbidden?
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Re:Copyleft terms may become unenforceable in 11 countries d... by tzs on Thursday June 14, 2018 @04:59PM (#17315299)
What it is saying is that they can't close the market for mass-market software to foreign closed source software. It's not saying that all foreign software mass-market software must be closed to be sold in their market.
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Re:Copyleft terms may become unenforceable in 11 countries d... by shmerl on Thursday June 14, 2018 @05:27PM (#17315531)
Why should it be part of some restriction? Sounds like a sneaky way to get preferential restrictions. I.e. if they wanted to make it sound equal, they should have said "any software".
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