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		pabs3 on Feb 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Voice.ai: GPL Violations with a Side of DRM > contributing sources back to community Nothing in the GPL requires this, only distributing sources down to your users, who may or may not then redistribute the sources back upstream.

Joel_Mckay on Feb 7, 2023 [–]

See the post on the LGPL static-linking issue for porting, and why the wxWidget library license had to create an exception.

The project contamination happens even with the LGPL.

The subject was contaminating licenses, and why they are not appropriate in some situations. Cheers =)

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