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dotBen on July 10, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: When software offends, the pantyshot package contr...

Since when is forking open source code 'stealing' it?

Oh boy, what can of worms am I opening here...

smosher on July 11, 2011 [–]

Since when is forking open source code 'stealing' it?

According to the FSF? Usually when you do something with it that RMS doesn't like. GPLv3 anyone? (Sorry I couldn't resist.)

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