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Debian components breach terms of GPLv2

You want source code with that? A top Debian contributor has been left "pretty disappointed" by elements of the Debian community for failing to comply with the conditions of the GNU GPLv2 license.… ...full story at the register (uk)

from the register (uk) on Fri, Sep 05 2008

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