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Re:My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [li... by tombert on Friday July 04, 2025 @08:03PM (#44469028)
I'm just not convinced that these licenses are realistically enforceable. A lot of binaries aren't going to show obvious signs in the output. I would have to reverse engineer every binary that might be using my code and look for a sign that they are violating the license so that I might be able to get a discovery request and sue them.

As of right now, I just feel like the best thing to do is not put my code out there, and just binaries. If a company likes what they see then they can pay me for the code.

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Re:My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [li... by Pannoniae on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @02:50AM (#44507007)
fair point... probably easier to detect with bytecode languages.

But even if you put binaries out, they can steal them, it's just harder... I guess, making it harder is the point as a form of deterrence. Dunno, these things are hard questions :)

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