TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS

Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by tombert on Friday December 17, 2021 @01:17PM (#29595996)

I think a lot of software engineers nowadays write server software, where they can often be somewhat allowed to be unconcerned with licenses [1], since the actual binary produced from the code lives on the server, and is typically not distributed outside the company.

As a result of this, I think there's this mass misunderstanding of how licenses work in the software engineering field.

[1] With the exception of AGPL if I understand correctly.

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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by LambdaTrain on Friday December 17, 2021 @02:03PM (#29596780)

A lot of companies do not hire software engineers to implement the system; instead, they contract it to third party (tech service companies such as Cognizant). I think some sort of auditing is done at the delivery, if they concern about the license. But in the context of Java web app, the enterprise software is usually built on dependencies under APA, so it should be of less concern

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