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I’ve been seeing a lot of arguments about software claiming proprietary software is evil because it forces users to agree to EULAs. These arguments tend to then claim open-source software is better (less evil) because it is free and defended as such by the GNU Public License. I would just like to remind everyone who sees this post that the GPL is an EULA. Thus, any evilness imparted by EULAs is present in GPLed software as well. Just a quick note.

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