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Re:I do not agree with Github's use of copyrighted code as t... by xyzzy_plugh on Saturday July 03, 2021 @06:16PM (#27725391)
> I am able to make my code open source, because I can make a living out of it, and I have a lot of open source code that I love to share for things like education or private stuff, but if you want to use it for something real, you need to hire me. If you can suck all the code without even I noticing it, that's not fair.

If you license your software such that I can do whatever I want with it, then I can do whatever I want with it. I don't see how you can then go on to claim it isn't fair if I'm using as you allow.

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Re:I do not agree with Github's use of copyrighted code as t... by CameronNemo on Saturday July 03, 2021 @06:37PM (#27725534)
Personally, I make a distinction between legal and socially acceptable.

If one of the richest corporations on Earth can't be bothered to share patches for permissively licensed code that they use, I will gladly shame them.

It's a different story for a small shop with no legal department and wariness about being sued over its use of open source code.

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