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[Leandro Lucarella]

BCS, el 23 de junio a las 02:09 me escribiste:
> Hello bearophile,
> 
> >Leandro Lucarella:
> >
> >>but about 2), one of the main goals of LLVM was
> >>to have a less restrictive license than GPL, so copying GPL code is
> >>not
> >>an option for them.
> >Can't you copy it by something like 90%, enough to be able to call it
> >different code (that's what I was referring with 'cosmetic changes')?
> >
> 
> IIRC the only way to escape a GNU license is to do a cleanroom. If
> the file started under GNU, it will forever be GNU.

Yes, I don't think "copying with 'cosmetic changes'" works, legally
speaking. Otherwise everybody would be doing it.

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Leandro Lucarella (AKA luca)                     http://llucax.com.ar/
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