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Der_Einzige 10 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Agent-C: a 4KB AI agent

GPL has never been enforced in court against anyone with serious money. It’s not worth the virtual paper it’s written on.

master-lincoln 10 months ago [–]

Is that different with any other permissive library that has conditions? Also I found one case where Skype retracted their formal objection in front of court and the GPL was enforced. Not sure if that is serious enough money for you

(german source http://www.golem.de/0805/59587.html)

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