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@CannonFodder The switching of your linking afterward doesn't change the requirement you violated and needed to comply with, which was to open source the code that touched it.

No, it wouldn't and shouldn't have just dropped all the required because you complied when caught; this is equivalent to saying you parked in a handicap spot and then, when asked, moved your car and said you expected not to get fined now and the police are harassing you for such.

I get the frustration, but I know as a business owner you wouldn't sign a legal document without reading it or understanding what you're setting yourself up for. Yet this seems to be exactly your process with software licenses. You need a Software Composition Analysis (SCA) if you do not have the time or the energy to read the licenses; this will prevent you from falling into the same hole.

PS: this has been heavily tried in court look at QT LPGL licensing enforcement cases this is a known license and known requirements.

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