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by sascha_sl 2444 days ago
And how would you do that? There is no copyright assignment happening here.
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It'd also be expensive and damn close to impossible to enforce.

You say "Assholes aren't allowed to use this code" and Major-General Asshole will use it anyway -- because he's an Asshole.

Some battles simply aren't worth the resource cost of fighting them.

I've noticed the mastodon user community makes an unusual amount of impossible demands like that. I really wonder why.
Sometimes a public statement of intent is worth it.