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Copyleft is the only way. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I will say, as I've grown older and more jaded, I've been finding the GPL more and more appealing...

Edit: Oh wow, why did a year old post show up at the top of "Hot", sorry about bumping.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

IDK but I agree with you about the GPL

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If someone steals a GPL project what can be done to demonstrate that it's stolen and not just very similar but their own creation?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Often when binaries are decompiled specific internal structures and code can be exposed and that can be used for comparison to source code to make an argument in court. Thats established case law already.

Either way it involves the person's with the GPL copy right taking a company to court. IE openwrt comes from linksys taking the Linux kernel and BusyBox source. Both are GPL.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

MIT is great for tiny scripts and the like, but any large project should be copyleft imo.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I agree; I fear that companies will screw over a permissively licensed project.

I think FOSS Game Engines should be copyleft.

How could companies screw over MIT-licensed projects though?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Cuck license

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