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by baggy_trough 681 days ago
"freedom to steal"?
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saul-paterson 681 days ago
Steal from the users of the software, yes. It's not about developers, it was never really about developers if we're talking copyleft licenses.
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mrwyz 681 days ago
MIT/BSD and similar ones.
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baggy_trough 681 days ago
I don't know what you mean.
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mrwyz 681 days ago
BSD/MIT allows you to take code without any obligation to contribute back.
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baggy_trough 681 days ago
Using code that is freely given is not in any sense stealing.
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mrwyz 681 days ago
Only if you think taking the work of others and profiting from it without contributing anything back is fine.
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g15jv2dp 681 days ago
The people who did the work obviously think it's fine, otherwise they wouldn't have licensed it under such a permissive licence.
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bigstrat2003 680 days ago
I am not going to debate whether it's "fine", but it's certainly not stealing. If I make someone a beautiful necklace and they sell it in an auction, I might wish they hadn't done that with my gift - but they haven't stolen anything either.
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