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Re:Banksy's Fake Store Is an Attempt to Abuse Trademark Law ... by kabacha on Sunday October 27, 2019 @05:36AM (#21368682)
> GPL is for code.

Citation needed. GPL can work for anything.

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Re:Banksy's Fake Store Is an Attempt to Abuse Trademark Law ... by duskwuff on Sunday October 27, 2019 @06:19AM (#21368836)
The text of the GPL describes the subject of the license as a "Program" and refers to it as having "machine-readable source code" (or "Corresponding Source" in GPLv3) and an "object code or executable form". It's difficult to interpret what any of this would mean in the context of an artistic work.
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Re:Banksy's Fake Store Is an Attempt to Abuse Trademark Law ... by abdullahkhalids on Sunday October 27, 2019 @05:59AM (#21368776)
There are only recommendations, nothing is forced.

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLOtherThanSoftwa...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License#Tex...

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