On 5/27/26 13:32, Peter Tribble wrote:

Not so. The exemption is for a license to "copy, redistribute, and
modify" which is pretty much
the definition of open source. Although it might exclude RHEL, for example.

Last time I checked, they demanded that the license must permit that
without any further restrictions.

Most FOSS licenses do have certain restrictions, eg. to keep free
software free. Especially the GPL family.

Isn't it obvious what Bigtech is trying to do here ?


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