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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.
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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?
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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.
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Re:Plan 9 released under GPLv2 by icebraining on Thursday February 13, 2014 @12:40PM (#7232764)
You're confusing "forbid" with "rendering impossible".
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