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		Turing_Machine on Oct 30, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dear Matt Mullenweg: An Open Letter from Wix.com’s... By that reasoning, you couldn't use any compiled GPL software on Windows, either, since the code will be linked with Microsoft's runtime libraries (which are decidedly not FOSS).

justincormack on Oct 30, 2016 [–]

The GPL has a system libraries exception that covers this.

LeoNatan25 on Nov 2, 2016 | [–]

Wouldn't the DRM handling system be considered a system library, thus falling in the same exception?

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