If my current company went under, I don't see who would put in the effort to sift through all 3rd party items we use for licenses to see if we're even allowed to do it.
Someone also owns the code, I guess, and they might want to use it for something else at some point.
Some products might have been hack-jobs form the beginning that ballooned, they might work but they could be total hack jobs that would either A) be worthless on their own or B) slightly embarrassing to show.
I've not been in the situation from a company perspective, but I have taken a product I've made off from the shelves and the factors above came into play. I am sure there are more as well.
Was this 3rd party code that you bought or stuff you found on github? In the latter case, basically, you're saying that you didn't know and didn't care about compliance because no one could have found out?
>Was this 3rd party code that you bought or stuff you found on github? In the latter case, basically, you're saying that you didn't know and didn't care about compliance because no one could have found out?
That's a rather uncharitable interpretation.
I think it's more likely that they don't know if they're licensed to publish the code in question.
Someone also owns the code, I guess, and they might want to use it for something else at some point.
Some products might have been hack-jobs form the beginning that ballooned, they might work but they could be total hack jobs that would either A) be worthless on their own or B) slightly embarrassing to show.
I've not been in the situation from a company perspective, but I have taken a product I've made off from the shelves and the factors above came into play. I am sure there are more as well.