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Re:Ask HN: Right to Repair for Software? by pabs3 on Friday January 27, 2023 @12:45AM (#34542959)
The GNU GPL doesn't solve the problem for software that isn't licensed under the GNU GPL.
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Re:Ask HN: Right to Repair for Software? by pwg on Friday January 27, 2023 @12:58AM (#34543057)
True, but licensing the software under the GPL does provide for "right to repair".

If your plan is to change copyright law, then just require all software be GPL licensed.

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Re:Ask HN: Right to Repair for Software? by pabs3 on Friday January 27, 2023 @01:05AM (#34543097)
The GPL goes further than just the right of an individual to repair software on their device or that they use online.
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Re:Ask HN: Right to Repair for Software? by wolfi1 on Friday January 27, 2023 @01:01AM (#34543076)
the GPL is not the only solution to this problem
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Re:Ask HN: Right to Repair for Software? by sokoloff on Friday January 27, 2023 @05:17AM (#34544484)
GPL does not prevent a company from architecting their system to use an online component such that you wouldn’t have any practical right to repair the system as a whole.
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Re:Ask HN: Right to Repair for Software? by bheadmaster on Friday January 27, 2023 @06:37AM (#34544948)
AGPL does, though.
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