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		coffeecat on May 8, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Making Emacs Popular Again Wouldn't all previous releases be fork-able under the terms of the current GPL in that case?

_-david-_ on May 8, 2020 [–]

Yes but it would potentially split the community.

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