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Re:An Unbelievable Demo by alkonaut on Friday June 04, 2021 @06:07AM (#27392157)
> Quickly removing the code doesn't change the previously released versions' license.

But would $BIG_CORP publish source on request for a proprietary product just because they built one version with a GPL library by mistake and later fixed it? Has this been successful, ever?

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Re:An Unbelievable Demo by Macha on Friday June 04, 2021 @07:43AM (#27392600)
Isn't this how OpenWRT got started?
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Re:An Unbelievable Demo by erosenbe0 on Friday June 04, 2021 @09:38AM (#27393457)
Depends on the composition of CORP. If it is comprised of developers with strong respect for OSS or FS community they might not stand for non-disclosure. OTOH, plenty of orgs would be mainly folks without a strong opinion either way and would just follow executive direction.
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