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We Were Wrong About the GPLs

by @kemitchell writing.kemitchell.com published 2023-10-135 min read

an unsurprising admission in Conservancy v. Vizio

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Open Source Security & Privacy 2023

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Submitted	Title on HN	Points	Comments
Oct 13, 2023	We Were Wrong About the GPLs by feross	107	28

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