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136:(GPL) does not require that a modified source code has to be made public when the software modification was only used privately without a public release of the software. This makes the Watcom license also GPL 210:
This is not a free software license. It requires you to publish the source code publicly whenever you "Deploy" the covered software, and "Deploy" is defined to include many kinds of private use.
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Version 1.0 appears to have been written in 2002. It's publicly released no later than January 8, 2003, the date of the initial release of
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to be published when you "deploy" the software for private use only. In contrast, FSF's
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also considers the license as non-free, citing the FSF argumentation.
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The draft of version 2.0 of the License was published on 20 January
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The license has not been accepted as "free" under the
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SPDX
Debian FSG compatible
FSF
approved
OSI
approved
GPL compatible
Copyleft
software license
Open Source Initiative
licence
Open Watcom
compiler
Debian Free Software Guidelines
Free Software Foundation
source
General Public License
incompatible
copyleft
AGPL
Fedora project
Open Watcom C/C++
2004
Apple


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