Comment on You could get anything you wanted and it was FREE

Archer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Limonene@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  And it was GPL, so it wasn’t even copyright infringement.

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  • Matriks404@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I have never used Limewire, but if they had distributed binaries that you should pay for, it is a copyright infringement, even if you could technically compile it yourself. There are applications that do this and it’s compatible with GPL license.

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    • Limonene@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The GPL explicitly allows redistributing without charge, even if you paid for it. If they didn’t want their program redistributed, they shouldn’t have licensed it under the GPL.

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    • docoptix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      AFAIK the GPL does not forbid selling binaries in any way. You have to provide the sources of course.

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