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Re:French Court Issues Damages Award for Violation of GPL by eru on Monday March 04, 2024 @09:31PM (#39598783)
> Will he nill he…” huh, I wonder if that’s the etymology of the modern expression.

Well, that's at least what the internet told me, last time I checked.

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Re:French Court Issues Damages Award for Violation of GPL by bee_rider on Monday March 04, 2024 @11:03PM (#39599290)
I suppose I should have looked it up! For some reason I just looked up the definition of nill and tried to work out a plausible folk etymology from there.
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