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Does the license permit it ? If yes then they're not doing anything that the author didn't want them to do.
by nolok 5y ago
Does the license permit it ? If yes then they're not doing anything that the author didn't want them to do.
- Teever 5y agoThey license may permit it but the author may not have envisioned this kind of nefarious use that the license permitted. If you're outside sweeping your steps and I walk by and ask to see your broom for a second and then I beat you to death with your broom you aren't to blame because you handed me your broom.
- nolok 5y agoYour broom example is flawed and in no way a match to the situation. If you build a broom and I ask if I can see it and you say yes you can see it and you are free to make another one like it for yourself and make more to sell for everyone else, then you can't complain about them doing it. As for the "they didn't envision", then it's entirely their fault. If they put their code online using default copyright law, this wouldn't be allowed, they specifically picked a license that allow it.