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Getting Forked by Microsoft (philiplaine.com)

submitted 2 months ago by boramalper@lemmy.world to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 82 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

This experience has also made me consider changing the license of Spegel, as it seems to be the only stone I can throw.

Dude used MIT license without knowing why GPL exists, then got upset. If you use MIT, you use it because you absolutely do not care if your work is appropriated by others, especially corporations.

It's like he put furniture on the curb with a "free" sign on it and now is upset his stuff is being sold at an antique store.

He has no reason to be salty because he had in effect told Microsoft to take everything and don't give anything back. So yeah, he should change it to GPL like yesterday. GPL was created because of the problem he has now faced.

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

[MIT] does not allow removing the original license and purport that the code was created by someone else.

Sounds like it wouldn't matter which licence he used. Shitty behaviour from Microsoft.

[–] enemenemu@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Microsoft's still has MIT license

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 52 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They deleted the original copyright notice which is basically the only requirement of the MIT licence. The software is stolen.

[–] enemenemu@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago

You're right, that's gone

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They deleted the original copyright notice which is basically the only requirement of the MIT licence. The software is stolen.

Lol reminds me of a movie...

 [the crew is being told their sweded movies have to be destroyed]

Mr. Rooney: "The FBI Warning is at the beginning of the tape."

Jerry: "But we erased that!"

-- Be Kind, Rewind (2008)

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