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		csdreamer7 on Feb 10, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: VSCode’s SSH agent is bananas emacs specifically is not legal to distribute those plugins because of the GPL. Yes, you can be sued over this, likely won't, but you can be.

eru on Feb 10, 2025 [–]

The GPL's use of linking is rather nebulous.

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