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Re:AWS forked my project and launched it as its own service by 08-15 on Friday October 16, 2020 @10:28AM (#24801105)
He used a permissive license so that everyone, including Amazon, can use his code without any strings attached. Presumably because he wants his software to spread far and wide. This is the typically stated reason why people use permissive licenses, isn't it?

Therefore, shouldn't he be thanking Amazon for spreading his software?

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Re:AWS forked my project and launched it as its own service by franklampard on Friday October 16, 2020 @12:18PM (#24802264)
Acknowledgment is included also. He probably expects an blogpost from AWS thanking him specifically?

That’s pretty much unrealistic, given how many pieces of oss a project uses.

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