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DuckStation GPL Violation - Leah Rowe's Sleepless Rants

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DuckStation GPL Violation - Leah Rowe's Sleepless Rants

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DuckStation GPL Violation - Leah Rowe's Sleepless Rants

TL;DR the dev behind Duckstation arbitrary changed the license and is likely commiting GPL violations

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There was no CLA. The duckstation dev rewrote all gpl code, or obtained permission to change the license.

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