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Re:Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker', breaking thou... by Sebb767 on Monday January 10, 2022 @06:01PM (#29884241)
If you don't take food as an example, see it like this: If I gift you a hammer, MIT disclaimer and all, you should not complain if it does not work or falls apart on the first few uses. Totally fine.

If I rig the hammer with a grenade in the head, so that it will violently explode the first time you use it - do you still think this is covered under the terms of the MIT license?

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Re:Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker', breaking thou... by CJefferson on Monday January 10, 2022 @06:20PM (#29884502)
I agree with you, but I think this case is more like one day you go to borrow the hammer and it "falls apart" (the library is useless as it enters an infinite loop). A grenade would be an 'rm -rf', or trying to steal your user's data, which they could have done, and would have crossed a line.
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