Reply to post: Copy-left dosen't by itself, but the newer GPL versions kinda do

Copy-left behind: Permissive MIT, Apache open-source licenses on the up as developers snub GNU's GPL

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Copy-left dosen't by itself, but the newer GPL versions kinda do

The changes made after GPLv2 and LGPLv2 are outside the core copy-left principal and do interfere with free use of the code within and organization. The AGPL was specifically targeting just such use, by making 'use' and 'distribution' the same thing in many cases.

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