Plan 9 released under GPLv2

Re:Plan 9 released under GPLv2 by dhfjgkrgjg on Thursday February 13, 2014 @11:57AM (#7232414)

You think that people don't leech on the GPL? Great, then I have found just the customer for some snake oil!

There wouldn't be the whole GPL violations thingy if people were not already taking without giving under the GPL.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Plan 9 released under GPLv2 by pjmlp on Thursday February 13, 2014 @12:07PM (#7232503)

That is why they are violations. With other licenses it is allowed to do so.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Plan 9 released under GPLv2 by dhfjgkrgjg on Thursday February 13, 2014 @12:16PM (#7232574)

So you acknowledge today some people do already leech as you put it, under the GPL. It may be a violation, and the other party may laugh as they are in a different juridiction. So, what was your point again?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Plan 9 released under GPLv2 by gillianseed on Thursday February 13, 2014 @12:49PM (#7232821)

We have a law against theft, yet there are continous occurences of people stealing and getting away with it, so by your logic we should remove the law against theft.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Plan 9 released under GPLv2 by icebraining on Thursday February 13, 2014 @12:40PM (#7232764)

You're confusing "forbid" with "rendering impossible".

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Plan 9 released under GPLv2 by mariuolo on Thursday February 13, 2014 @01:21PM (#7233046)

> There wouldn't be the whole GPL violations thingy if people were not already taking without giving under the GPL.

Illegally so.

[ Parent | on HN ]