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Very cool but I don't care about saving humanity either, parent of parent asked a valid question and "FSF says so" with some hand wavy rationale is just not a very satisfying answer.


They call it a "nuclear option" which generally implies some level of effectiveness. The fact that nobody would agree to go along with this sort of scheme renders it ineffective. This isn't a nuclear option, it is a wet fart option.


Thank you, that makes some sense.

I'm not trying to be contrarian here, I was curious why not and why this isn't a thing already. I'm just more of a programmer guy and less of a lawyer guy




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