@Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 1 month agoYou could get anything you wanted and it was FREElemmy.worldimagemessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1248arrow-down16
arrow-up1242arrow-down1imageYou could get anything you wanted and it was FREElemmy.world@Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 1 month agomessage-square114fedilink
minus-square@Limonene@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink13•1 month agoAnd it was GPL, so it wasn’t even copyright infringement.
minus-square@Matriks404@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•1 month agoI have never used Limewire, but if they had distributed binaries that you should pay for, it is a copyright infringement, even if you could technically compile it yourself. There are applications that do this and it’s compatible with GPL license.
minus-squareMaxlinkfedilink1•1 month agoAFAIK the GPL does not forbid selling binaries in any way. You have to provide the sources of course.
Using Limewire to pirate Limewire Pro
And it was GPL, so it wasn’t even copyright infringement.
I have never used Limewire, but if they had distributed binaries that you should pay for, it is a copyright infringement, even if you could technically compile it yourself. There are applications that do this and it’s compatible with GPL license.
AFAIK the GPL does not forbid selling binaries in any way. You have to provide the sources of course.