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Microsoft Tried To Steal A Project And Almost Got Away With It.... (www.youtube.com)
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[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

This came out a while ago. The developer used a license that said, "Steal this software, I don't care." Then he was shocked Pikachu when it was stolen.

His problem is the exact reason GPL was created.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The license does not allow removing the original license and purport that the code was created by someone else. It looks as if large parts of the project were copied directly from Spegel without any mention of the original source.

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