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by searchableguy 2190 days ago
Legality doesn't always cover everything because that would result in a lot of problems. People operate on the spirit of the law, not the actual words or at least they are supposed to.

There is an expectation of contribution back.

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The spirit of open source is to protect the users, not benefit the authors.
With GPL yes, with MIT no.