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if modules are designed to run linked together in a shared address space.

How does this not apply to javascript?

That happens after distribution of "unlinked" code. GPL's copyleft doesn't apply to binaries that aren't distributed.

But would bundled and minified JavaScript not be very much like a binary? And isn't it distributed every time someone opens the web page?

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