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It's not about it being free, it's about GitHub taking something you licensed with conditions (ie. attribution or keep this copyright notice and license file, etc.) and blatantly ignoring your license because they know you probably can't afford to sue them for copyright infringement. Open Source doesn't mean you can reproduce and copy the code freely, licenses exist for a reason. Also: of course people care about Facebook et al. (not enough, I'll grant you). Plenty of people complain about Facebook violating privacy every single day.



Your license means nothing if you can't defend it. If you paid for the service they wouldn't dare using your code regardless of the license.


> Your license means nothing if you can't defend it.

It's okay to commit crimes if the victims are poor enough? (And yet what you've said is still true.)


I'm not saying it's ok, I'm saying nagging on HN, Twitter, etc. Won't solve any problem


And yet what problem was solved without people talking about it?


ok have at it :)




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