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		dtech on Oct 8, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a d... Only under Linux's GPL license, WSL is most definitively not under GPL

lalos on Oct 9, 2020 | [–]

Probably related to this https://spdx.org/licenses/Linux-syscall-note.html

matkoniecz on Oct 9, 2020 | [–]

Is it possible to make WSL a GPL software without making entire Windows a GPL software?

dtech on Oct 10, 2020 | [–]

Yes, GPL defines some boundaries but as long WSL acts as stand-alone software and Windows doesn't link against it that's allowed.

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