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minus-squareKISSmyOS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·8 months agoHow can they use GPL’ed code and then close it? I thought this was specifically forbidden?
minus-squareblackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up11·8 months agoIt’s available to the end users - I.e. red hats customers. End users are who the GPL is there to help, not everyone on the planet.
minus-squareplumcreek@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoExactly. Amazing how many people seem to forget it is “free as in freedom, not free as in beer”.
How can they use GPL’ed code and then close it? I thought this was specifically forbidden?
It’s available to the end users - I.e. red hats customers. End users are who the GPL is there to help, not everyone on the planet.
Exactly. Amazing how many people seem to forget it is “free as in freedom, not free as in beer”.