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Re:My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [li... by qwertyuiop12 on Friday July 04, 2025 @12:44AM (#44461183)
In general, I try to add a fingerprint into the output.

For example, in a project which generates images I usually set a specific set of pixels.

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Re:My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [li... by tombert on Friday July 04, 2025 @12:46AM (#44461195)
Sure, but if they have access to your code then a company could pay a junior engineer to look for any kinds of explicit fingerprints and remove it.
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Re:My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [li... by ValentineC on Friday July 04, 2025 @02:02AM (#44461556)
Some companies that steal open source code are likely to cheap out on even this.
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