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Re:Show HN: Open-source Counter-Strike-like game by Vinnl on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @10:49AM (#41925607)
Glad they did, because now my fork illegally adding a licence is legal again. Phew!
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Re:Show HN: Open-source Counter-Strike-like game by solcloud on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @10:57AM (#41925704)
this is awesome :D
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Re:Show HN: Open-source Counter-Strike-like game by fluoridation on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @02:39PM (#41928019)
Just FWI, it's not illegal to add an incorrect license to a repository you don't have the rights to. It's simply a lie. The copyright notice is just a statement from the author, it doesn't per se define the terms under which the project is distributed. What defines them is the fact that it's the author who put the file there.
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Re:Show HN: Open-source Counter-Strike-like game by Vinnl on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @02:57PM (#41928227)
Heh, fair enough I suppose, though it's definitely not very nice to make people believe that I can give them permission to do things, when I don't.
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