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		webstrand 47 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is legal the same as legitimate: AI reimplementati... Just because something is copyleft doesn't mean the person who gave you the binary you're using has to supply you with the code the used to build it. That's what the GPL does.

pocksuppet 44 days ago [–]

That's... the very definition of copyleft. If it's not like the GPL, it's not copyleft.

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