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possible GPLv4

GPLv3 came into existence when a loophole was found around abiding to the terms of the GPLv2.  There is a loophole in the offer for source code, if you offer the source code but then deny users who use tor from getting it.
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Jeff Cliff 2019-04-04 06:53:58 +00:00
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@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ Therefore we recommend "Tor Browser" only. Nothing else.
- The [ITU](https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/Workshops-and-Seminars/20181218/Documents/Geoff_Huston_Presentation.pdf) suggest in the US context that Cloudflare is starting to get big enough that antitrust law might be brought down upon them.
- It's conceivable that the GNU GPL v4 could include a provision against storing source code behind such a service, requiring for all GPLv4 and later programs that at least the source code is accessible via a medium that does not discriminate against tor users (or any other class of users or something?)
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### Now, what did you do today?