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A comment on Excerpt from ‘Flash Boys’ about Serge Aleynikov and Goldman Sachs. Parent comment

Re:Excerpt from ‘Flash Boys’ about Serge Aleynikov and Goldm... by jwatte on Saturday April 12, 2014 @04:41PM (#7579114)
But the corporation allegedly removed the GPL license and put /only/ their own license on it. How is this not a Federal copyright offense?
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Re:Excerpt from ‘Flash Boys’ about Serge Aleynikov and Goldm... by djcapelis on Saturday April 12, 2014 @05:09PM (#7579216)
It's only an offense if they distribute it because that is the thing that necessitates having a license to distribute the work.
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