Or do you think they’re going to liberate some parts of its code?

  • @jokeyrhyme
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    I’m not a lawyer, but my understanding of GPL is that the requirements are only triggered if you distribute your software

    Twitch’s back-end code (server code) is never distributed to customers/users, so it ought to be completely fine to use GPL code in any way they want

    Twitch’s front-end code (desktop apps, web apps, mobile apps, etc) would count as distribution, so any use of GPL code here would have to comply with the license

    If an open-source developer wants to protect their code from the back-end code loophole (increasingly important as software-as-a-service becomes the dominant software use case) then the Aferro GPL (a.k.a AGPL) is probably what you’re after, as those requirements count network connectivity as distribution

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    Is it confirmed they made any GPL violations?

  • @ChinaNumberOne
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    they are going to apologize, release what they violated so far and once security is tighter, continue to do it

  • Kromonos
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    Personally, I think we just won’t hear anything more about it, and it will continue as before.