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_rpd on Nov 6, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: TPP banning requirements to transfer or access to ...

If the TPP is ratified, would it be worth updating the GPL to say "You agree that this is a commercially negotiated contract"?

tzs on Nov 6, 2015 [–]

The FSF says that GPL is not a contract [1] [2] [3].

[1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/200104_seminar.html

[2] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/enforcing-gpl.html

[3] https://www.fsf.org/news/wallace-vs-fsf

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