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Re:A Message from Lunny on Gitea Ltd. and the Gitea Project by nwellnhof on Sunday October 30, 2022 @12:57PM (#33396153)
You can do the same thing with GPL-licensed code. Only the recipient of GPL-ed code has a right to get the source code, not the public at large. Unless the recipient wants to redistribute the code, Copyleft makes little difference.
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Re:A Message from Lunny on Gitea Ltd. and the Gitea Project by Brian_K_White on Sunday October 30, 2022 @01:45PM (#33396728)
Copyleft makes all the difference.
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Re:A Message from Lunny on Gitea Ltd. and the Gitea Project by varajelle on Monday October 31, 2022 @01:18AM (#33402326)
In the case of server-side components, yes. That's why the AGPL exists
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