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Re:Java on Truffle – Going Fully Metacircular by sideeffffect on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @05:23PM (#25852762)
> GPL doesn't permit commercial use

That is alarmingly false. Do you have a source that McNealy indeed has said that? I couldn't find anything by googling.

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Re:Java on Truffle – Going Fully Metacircular by pwdisswordfish5 on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @07:06PM (#25853603)
Scott McNealy, under direct examination on 2012 April 26: "you can't license GPL code and then resell it for a profit"

Source: Official Reporters for the US District Court for the Northern District of California (regarding Oracle v. Google, 3:10-cv-03561)

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