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[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

if its under GPL couldn't they be forced to disclose the source code?

[-] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago

Only if they made modifications

[-] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 months ago

What, where do you get that? Any publicly conveyed copies of gpl-licensed software must make their source code available, and be published under the same license. This is true regardless of modifications.

[-] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

I could be wrong and I'm more then welcome to being proven that. But wouldn't this be like asking me to redistribute the whole process of running ZSNES on linux? Seems pretty infeasible.

[-] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago

It would be more accurate to say it's like requiring you to make the source code for ZSNES available if you were distributing copies of ZSNES.

[-] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

That's a fair correction

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