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Oracle: Keep Linux Open and Free—We Can’t Afford Not To

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Oracle: Keep Linux Open and Free—We Can’t Afford Not To

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Oracle responds to Red Hat

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No they aren’t. Not unless they remove all the GPL code from their software.

It’s the entire purpose of the GPL. You can never own derivative code.

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