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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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