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Re:Linux's GPLv2 licence is routinely violated (2015) by charcircuit on Saturday February 19, 2022 @07:57PM (#30402142)
>In this same way, the GPL and like licenses are the most permissive licenses from the perspective of every eventual user

No, take for example the real world use case of distributing ZFS on Linux in binary form. Users are unable to distribute it due to conflicting copyleft licenses. Copyleft licenses limits people by creating their own exclusive ecosystems which can't be mixed.

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Re:Linux's GPLv2 licence is routinely violated (2015) by pessimizer on Saturday February 19, 2022 @08:10PM (#30402227)
> Users are unable to distribute

You're talking about distributors.

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Re:Linux's GPLv2 licence is routinely violated (2015) by c0balt on Saturday February 19, 2022 @08:27PM (#30402329)
Going with the GPL, a user can be a distributor too and are ofte encouraged to distribute libre software.
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Re:Linux's GPLv2 licence is routinely violated (2015) by shusaku on Saturday February 19, 2022 @08:42PM (#30402414)
“You’re free to use this however you like! And by however you like, I mean a very specific set of things”
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Re:Linux's GPLv2 licence is routinely violated (2015) by rizky2410 on Sunday February 20, 2022 @12:19AM (#30403416)
Ubuntu supports ZFS since 20.04.
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