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by simantel 72 days ago
How can someone steal MIT-licensed software? The license says:

Permission is hereby granted [...] to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software [...]

If you don't want other people to be able to sell it, don't use an MIT license.

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The license also says:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

If the copyright attribution for the original code is missing, that violates the license. MIT is not a "no rights reserved" license like 0BSD or Unlicense.