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This is beyond what we're talking about though, you're referring to copyright infringement. I'm referring to an open source licensed software that ALLOWS commer
by giancarlostoro 7mo ago
This is beyond what we're talking about though, you're referring to copyright infringement. I'm referring to an open source licensed software that ALLOWS commercial use, the only requirement is attribution.
Your example only makes sense if the company stole the code from a proprietary repo, like a hostile former employee.
- dmitrygr 7mo agoAll copyleft licenses are built on top of copyright law. That is their one and only enforcement strategy, by design. So we are in fact talking about the very same thing. Here, read: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2012/feb/01/gpl-enforcement/#:~:text=The%20primary%20goal%20of%20every,holder%20to%20grant%20them%20back. https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2012/feb/01/gpl-enforcement/#...