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When you put open source software out there in the wild there is a mutual understanding that, you are going to see my source code, and probably take some influence from it into your own source code. Maybe sometimes you even take a little more than influence, and copy some lines of code. As an open source developer, we all know this is happening and we all know this is alright, encouraged, and to be expected. When it gets to the point of out right copying of whole files it becomes a different story all together. You do the work. He gets the credit (and bug fixes)? That's not right.
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Terrence Dorsey wrote: When you put open source software out there in the wild there is a mutual understanding that, you are going to see my source code, and probably take some influence from it into your own source code.
Not that bad. I often see examples (even of Open Source code) on the web from which I can assume which classes I can use to solve a problem the best way.
Terrence Dorsey wrote: <layer> Maybe sometimes you even take a little more than influence, and copy some lines of code
Lazy a** devs do this.
Terrence Dorsey wrote: As an open source developer, we all know this is happening and we all know this is alright, encouraged, and to be expected.
Not alright for everyone... Encouraged? Is a woman wearing a bikini encouraging men to grope her? IMO -> No!
To be expected? Sadly yes...
Terrence Dorsey wrote: When it gets to the point of out right copying of whole files it becomes a different story all together.
Which is called copyright infringement.
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