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by mrwyz 671 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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The people who did the work obviously think it's fine, otherwise they wouldn't have licensed it under such a permissive licence.
Certainly. MIT/BSD more or less says: steal away (but retain this license notice). In some cases that's desirable.
Is it stealing if somebody gives you a present and you accept it?
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.