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Re:The time has come to stand up for the GPL by digi_owl on Friday March 06, 2015 @10:07AM (#9157306)
Well it is pretty much copyright judo. As such, most copyright lawyers can't just apply boilerplate to it and call it a day. So for them it is easier to recommend to not touch it than try to get to grips with what it is actually trying to accomplish.
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Re:The time has come to stand up for the GPL by damoncali on Friday March 06, 2015 @10:12AM (#9157339)
I don't pretend to understand the subtleties of the license. All I know is the lawyers say "don't use it" and if I see it, I move on. Many others do this as well, and it can't be good for those projects.

It's just not worth a conversation in every case I've run across.

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