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Winamp contained modified GPL code, violating the GPL (github.com/winampdesktop)
18 points by mepian 19 days ago | 6 comments
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Winamp contained modified GPL code, violating the GPL (github.com/winampdesktop)
18 points by mepian 19 days ago | 6 comments
That's just not true, surely? Lest everyone using any flavour of Linux is liable to the same problem?
How many apps out there are using GPL code? Android, for example.
Making a derivative in the sense of adding functionality to it, I get, but using it as-is as a component or library surely doesn't - and cannot - fall foul of the license else the entire technosphere is liable.
If by that you mean, if you are using Linux in production servers: You may use GPL software in a commercial setting. The source code part only applies if you are distributing software that contains GPL code.