If they didn't violate the licence agreement then I'm struggling to understand why it's off putting

dkersten 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Just because it’s legal and allowed doesn’t mean it’s not off putting.

Personally, I have no issue with them making their own internal fork, but then blogging about their thing without contributing it back leaves a little bad taste. If it’s so good, then contribute it back, since they benefited from the volunteers.

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dist-epoch 2 hours ago | parent [-]

You can't have it both ways. As a library author choose MIT to encourage commercial usage because companies are afraid of GPL, but then complain that companies are actually using it in a MIT license way without contributing back.

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dkersten 36 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I can find it off putting regardless. Especially since I’m not the person who released it under MIT license.

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thn-gap 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

License it GPL, and it will be fed to a model as training data to recreate it copyright free anyways.

	▲	orangecoffee 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Training falls outside of copyright concerns because of fair use, so proprietary or free is orthogonal. This is how the world is currently trending.

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toyg 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Law, spirit of the law, common decency. Rare currency these days, I know...

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citizenkeen 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You don’t have to agree that it’s off-putting, but if you’re “struggling to understand why” that demonstrates a serious lack of empathy and awareness of social dynamics.

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jMyles 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> If they didn't violate the licence agreement then I'm struggling to understand why it's off putting

What? Who cares about the license agreement? Lawyers and bureaucrats maybe. The real issue with _any_ software project is whether it is meant to be a step toward a more livable and peaceful world or not. Sure, some people make guided missile software to murder people for profit, but that's just obviously antisocial behavior, regardless of how well it complies with license agreements.

	▲	Hasnep 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If you put up a sign on your house saying "businesses, feel free to come use my driveway for whatever you want" and McDonald's sets up a restaurant there then you won't have much sympathy from me.