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WTF: What argument to prohibit GPL??

That's really something that makes me more than angry. If someone really has a problem with open source (maybe he wants to sell his software and feels threatened by high quality open source products), I accept that he tries to prohibit that. But WTF is that for an argument, that the GPL violates the "Clayton Antitrust Act" (US law) in dictating fixed prices for software?

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