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They changed the copyright holder on this fork, but left the MIT license in place. How does this harm anyone?

precommunicator 5y ago
It violates the license that specifically says (IANAL): > The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
bayindirh 5y ago
It looks like Microsoft developed this all along. Yes, git keeps history, but it's unethical and ugly to begin with. Also, I'm not sure you can just change the copyright information, and change the history of the code like that. However, this is typical of Microsoft. Like DOS, like Windows App Store / Packaging ripoff (they asked the guy some questions, sherlocked his software, even didn't thank him later), etc.
shp0ngle 5y ago
that’s still breaking the license
- arbitrage 5y ago
  so take them to court.
  - anonymousab 5y ago
    A supercorp will have far more resources to succeed in courts than an individual person, such that the courts are not a fair avenue for resolving disputes. The court of public opinion is, unfortunately, far more accessible to the individual.
    - fault1 5y ago
      That being said, if someone were to sue Microsoft over this (they would have to be the original copyright holder), I think it's more likely Microsoft would try and settle out of court.
thesuperbigfrog 5y ago
>> They changed the copyright holder on this fork, but left the MIT license in place. How does this harm anyone? Here you go: https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript Just fork TypeScript, change the copyright holder to yourself, and do what you want with it. I sure Microsoft won't mind.
MattPalmer1086 5y ago
You can't own something by just saying you do! Only the copyright owner can license the work to others, or issue under a different license if they like.
kube-system 5y ago
They copied a copyrighted work in a way that was not permitted by the copyright holder.

It violates the license that specifically says (IANAL): > The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

bayindirh 5y ago

It looks like Microsoft developed this all along. Yes, git keeps history, but it's unethical and ugly to begin with. Also, I'm not sure you can just change the copyright information, and change the history of the code like that. However, this is typical of Microsoft. Like DOS, like Windows App Store / Packaging ripoff (they asked the guy some questions, sherlocked his software, even didn't thank him later), etc.

shp0ngle 5y ago

that’s still breaking the license

arbitrage 5y ago
so take them to court.
- anonymousab 5y ago
  A supercorp will have far more resources to succeed in courts than an individual person, such that the courts are not a fair avenue for resolving disputes. The court of public opinion is, unfortunately, far more accessible to the individual.
  - fault1 5y ago
    That being said, if someone were to sue Microsoft over this (they would have to be the original copyright holder), I think it's more likely Microsoft would try and settle out of court.

thesuperbigfrog 5y ago

>> They changed the copyright holder on this fork, but left the MIT license in place. How does this harm anyone? Here you go: https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript Just fork TypeScript, change the copyright holder to yourself, and do what you want with it. I sure Microsoft won't mind.

MattPalmer1086 5y ago

You can't own something by just saying you do! Only the copyright owner can license the work to others, or issue under a different license if they like.

kube-system 5y ago

They copied a copyrighted work in a way that was not permitted by the copyright holder.