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Re:Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyri... by radicalbyte on Saturday December 25, 2021 @10:37AM (#29684120)
This, the reason why we have the DMCA is to protect copyright holders, now the copyright holders should exercise their right.
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Re:Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyri... by uda on Saturday December 25, 2021 @01:36PM (#29685701)
What? no, this goes entirely against the idea of laws.

Copyright laws have one major purpose: protect the right holders. It does so by giving them tools to mitigate their loses by deterring people from infringing.

If a right holder has to invest more time in complaining on people about infringement than actually having time to do other stuff, like creating, then we've got it all wrong.

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