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Unless you don't copy the license terms, it's impossible to "steal" open-source code. That's... sort of the point.
by lenerdenator 4mo ago
Unless you don't copy the license terms, it's impossible to "steal" open-source code. That's... sort of the point.
- irdc 4mo agoPapermark is AGPL; Corgi must release all its changes.
- lenerdenator 4mo agoThat means they're not complying with the license terms. Which would be stealing. Like I said it would be.
- irdc 4mo agoSo we're in violent agreement then?
- lenerdenator 4mo agoBrutally violent agreement. kicks shin, shakes hand
- josephg 4mo agoThats not what you said. You said "copy the license terms". Copying a license isn't the same as complying with one. Though it looks like in this case they didn't do either.
- galangalalgol 4mo agoCopyright violation is not theft. Your effort to create something that can be effortlessly copied conveys to you no property. Society deems it beneficial to grant a time limited monopoly on copying it to spur innovation.
- brookst 4mo agoYou wouldn’t steal a car!
- skeledrew 4mo agoStealing a car - or anything tangible - means... the owner is very literally deprived of the benefits of owning said car/thing. Can't really say the same for a copied pattern of bits.
- fc417fc802 4mo agoBut I would download one.
- gryfft 4mo agoMany open source licenses levy restrictions upon the acceptable use of the software. Those restrictions may include attribution requirements, up to and including a requirement to include the license when redistributing the code; they may forbid using derivative works for commercial purposes; they may require the downstream project to utilize the same license. Open source is not the same thing as "anybody can do anything they want forever."
- lenerdenator 4mo ago> Unless you don't copy the license terms
- gryfft 4mo agoYou edited your comment while I was replying, and merely copying the license does not cover many other possible restrictions.
- lenerdenator 4mo agoI didn't edit anything. I did choose the wrong word, though. Comply, not copy.
- DiabloD3 4mo agoSo, by definition, you did edit it to change the typo.
- john_strinlai 4mo ago>So, by definition, you did edit it to change the typo. their comment still says "copy". the comment you are replying to clarifies that they meant to type "comply", not copy. since the wrong word is still there, 'by definition' they have not edited it.
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- exo762 4mo agoCopyleft is still a thing. Right to attribution is still a thing. Please, read about it and you will discover that there is a lot of nuance to the open-source code.
- samtheprogram 4mo agoIt's really hard to not assume this is intentional ragebait. A cursory look reveals they aren't complying. So, as you say, they are stealing. What's the point of this comment?