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		kemitchell on June 14, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Software Below the Poverty Line There is heaps of vagueness in both the Open Source Definition and Free Software Definition, especially about copyleft. See, e.g.: https://writing.kemitchell.com/2018/11/05/OSD-Copyleft-Regul... https://blog.licensezero.com/2018/09/14/free-to-take-freedom... There are heaps of disputes about whether licenses qualify. Check OSI's license-review list, or Twitter, or, frankly, HN.

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