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[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 223 points 10 months ago

You don’t follow the license that it was distributed under.

Commonly, if you use open source code in your project and that code is under a license that requires your project to be open source if you do that, but then you keep yours closed source.

[-] fidodo@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I still wouldn't call it stealing, but I guess "broke open source code licenses" doesn't have the same impact, but I'd prefer accuracy.

[-] bamboo@lemm.ee 90 points 10 months ago

It’s piracy, distributing copyrighted works against the terms of its license. I agree stealing is not really the right word.

[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago

Nah piracy is with like boats.

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 17 points 10 months ago
[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 11 points 10 months ago
[-] msage@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago

And eyepatches and scimitars

[-] tb_@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Distributing it would be one thing, but profiting off it?

[-] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 23 points 10 months ago

I think it makes the most sense to think of it like stealing the way plagiarism is stealing.

[-] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 13 points 10 months ago

I wouldn't call pirating stealing either so

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