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It seems Linus's position is very clear now

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[–] inari@piefed.zip 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

That would essentially be a position in favor of prosecuting Aaron Swartz

[–] Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 55 minutes ago

No. Aaron did not distribute any of the work, settled in a civil suit and was prosecuted later.

Copyright was not the problem there.