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		bombcar on Sept 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 60x speed-up of Linux “perf” The very fact that the GPL v3 is incompatible with v2 indicates that v2 has something the v3 takes away, no matter how well-meaning that was.

account42 on Sept 10, 2021 [–]

What the GPL3 takes a way is a loophole to violate the spirit of the GPL without violating the letter of the GPL2.

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