Re:Making Open Source software safer and more secure
by nolok on Thursday January 13, 2022 @05:09PM
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Does the license permit it ? If yes then they're not doing anything that the author didn't want them to do.
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Re:Making Open Source software safer and more secure
by Teever on Thursday January 13, 2022 @05:13PM
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They license may permit it but the author may not have envisioned this kind of nefarious use that the license permitted.
If you're outside sweeping your steps and I walk by and ask to see your broom for a second and then I beat you to death with your broom you aren't to blame because you handed me your broom.
Re:Making Open Source software safer and more secure
by nolok on Friday January 14, 2022 @07:17AM
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Your broom example is flawed and in no way a match to the situation.
If you build a broom and I ask if I can see it and you say yes you can see it and you are free to make another one like it for yourself and make more to sell for everyone else, then you can't complain about them doing it.
As for the "they didn't envision", then it's entirely their fault. If they put their code online using default copyright law, this wouldn't be allowed, they specifically picked a license that allow it.