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Re:An ad plugin was stealing revenue for a year and I didn't... by nerdawson on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @01:44PM (#30089859)
If the code is tagged as being MIT in GitHub and includes an MIT license file, can an author reasonably argue that an end-user is receiving the code under a different license?
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Re:An ad plugin was stealing revenue for a year and I didn't... by drran on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @05:59PM (#30093336)
> If the code is tagged as being MIT in GitHub

Yes

> includes an MIT license file

Maybe. MIT license permits additional license restrictions on top of license. For example, MIT code can be copied into a proprietary system with a different license, which will forbid copying code out.

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