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Re:Chimera Linux: a Linux distribution based on FreeBSD user... by goodpoint on Saturday July 03, 2021 @01:23PM (#27723210)
Almost every person involved in Free Software knew that the movement was about building a community and a software ecosystem since day 1.

It's absurd to expect the word "community" to appear in the text of the GPL: it's a legal document, non a manifesto.

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Re:Chimera Linux: a Linux distribution based on FreeBSD user... by _d7dt on Sunday July 04, 2021 @07:54PM (#27733564)
>It's absurd to expect the word "community" to appear in the text of the GPL

I'm not sure why you're saying this? I don't expect that word to appear in the text.

It also seems mostly not possible to prove or disprove that "almost every person involved knew." Did you mean this as a personal anecdote with the people that you knew? If so, that's probably great for you and your community, but apparently those who were writing the legal document that governs said community didn't agree. Sadly it is possible for there to be oversights from day one.

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