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This raises an interesting point. Suppose you really can be 'tainted' by viewing GPL or other copyleft code. Should the search function require you to opt in to
by brian-armstrong 10y ago
This raises an interesting point. Suppose you really can be 'tainted' by viewing GPL or other copyleft code. Should the search function require you to opt in to showing snippets from copylefted codebases (or codebases without any licenses)? It seems like anything less is asking for trouble.
- TAForObvReasons 10y agoYou can attack open source projects by posting a project with a draconian license, duplicate existing code from an open source project and use git features to backdate the commit, then go after authors who "copied" the features.
- AstralStorm 10y agoAnd should you lose, face a criminal counter suit. (False testimony and potentially forgery. Depending on the licence, also breach thereof in a civil suit.) Trading a civil suit for criminal one is a Bad Idea. You generally will have to produce evidence of incremental development at least, if not more. Not A Lawyer.
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