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> GPL was never designed for right to repair, but rather right to extend and modify

no, GPL was designed for right to modify source code with no restrictions on what you could use the modified code for, which would include repair.




I'm objecting to it being called a "right to repair license". It's not a right to repair license. It's a copyleft open-source license. That just happens to be extremely useful for repair because it requires being able to install new versions and have them function, but it isn't a "right to repair license" because it does a lot more than that. :(


but it explicitly says no restrictions can be placed on what you do with the code, so it is entirely correct to say it's a "right to do X" snowclone-license.




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