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Getting Forked by Microsoft (philiplaine.com)
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[-] Deebster@programming.dev 41 points 6 days ago

[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 6 days ago

Microsoft's still has MIT license

[-] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 52 points 6 days ago

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 6 days ago

You're right, that's gone

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days 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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