I wonder if anyone in the pull request thread read the README (which was committed a month or so ago, well prior to the pull request)
Hi, I'm starting this fork of the Laravel framework to fit my needs.
While it was wrong to modify the license file, and we should always observe license fully, this isn't the blatant unattributed theft it's presented as.
I was wondering that too! He has blatantly shown that he has forked Laravel in the README. I kinda feel sorry for the guy, he just doesn't realise you aren't allowed to relicense in the way he did.
That actually brings an interesting question to mind. As someone who hasn't forked anyone's repository, I am not familiar with the licensing expectations of doing so. Obviously the code you've forked belonged to someone else, but at what point can you say "this is now my creation," or at least, "I own modifications to my fork of this guy's work?"
Stripping the license and all author's reference on the work takes effort, no matter how small. It's just stupidity on his part. Thumbs up to the community.
Hi, I'm starting this fork of the Laravel framework to fit my needs.
While it was wrong to modify the license file, and we should always observe license fully, this isn't the blatant unattributed theft it's presented as.