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Re:GitHub scraped your code. And they plan to charge you by insulanus on Saturday July 03, 2021 @06:05PM (#27725318)
> the software industry has been moving towards less problematic and more permissive licences [sic]

... less "problematic" for who, exactly?

That is conveniently left out.

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Re:GitHub scraped your code. And they plan to charge you by fsckboy on Saturday July 03, 2021 @07:15PM (#27725796)
not only is "problematic" problematic, so is "permissive".

more permissive for whom? because the GPL is the most permissive license for users of the code: GPL guarantees, they're permitted to see the source.

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Re:GitHub scraped your code. And they plan to charge you by a1369209993 on Monday July 05, 2021 @09:49PM (#27743489)
> so is "permissive".

The proper term is "pushover"[0][1].

0: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.html#sm...

1: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-compatibility.html

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