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Re:Uutils: an attempt at writing cross-platform CLI utilitie... by deadbunny on Monday December 06, 2021 @05:40AM (#29458131)
How does MIT prevent users changing the code? They have explicit permission to take the code and change it however they want.
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Re:Uutils: an attempt at writing cross-platform CLI utilitie... by CorrectHorseBat on Monday December 06, 2021 @07:02AM (#29458687)
Not if you don't get the source with the binary.
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Re:Uutils: an attempt at writing cross-platform CLI utilitie... by josephcsible on Monday December 06, 2021 @08:33AM (#29459504)
It doesn't prevent that directly. What it does is allow proprietary forks, and those proprietary forks prevent that.
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