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duskwufflast Tuesday at 8:11 AM1 replyview on HN

The "goals" of the license are irrelevant. What matters from a legal perspective is the text of the license, and every time that text sets legal conditions which reference specific technologies like "linking", "object code", or "interface definition files" which don't apply to all programming languages, a lawyer's blood pressure rises.


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anikom15last Tuesday at 5:32 PM

Intent is relevant in law, especially when text is insufficient to determine a clear meaning.