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wmarone is offline wmarone
2011-03-03 , 00:25
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#208
Originally Posted by exo View Post
Well then why is the GPL considered an OSS license then? Can you use GPL code in any way that you want? No, it places *restrictions* on how you can use that code.
No, it doesn't. It places restrictions on the redistribution of that code. At which point it's not you that is using it, but someone else. You can use the code anyway you'd like, internally, but you can't distribute it (which is what Copyright defines.)

The GPL is not about you, but about whomever you give it to.