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fargle ◴[] No.44460848[source]
looks like they fixed it: https://github.com/pickle-com/glass/commit/5c462179acface889...

let's not freak out - you can't "steal" open-source code, they used an incompatible license. that was accidentally too free.

people monetizing something you open-source isn't stealing.

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1. alt187 ◴[] No.44461885[source]
> looks like they fixed it: https://github.com/pickle-com/glass/commit/5c462179acface889...

Not fixed, covered up.

> let's not freak out - you can't "steal" open-source code, they used an incompatible license. that was accidentally too free.

What a poetic formulation? In reality, they deleted history and they put a license that allows the "freedom" to let them monetize the code. I wonder how's the original author more free with this license? How is anyone more free? Sounds like the license was "accidentally" "too free" in a way that only made themselves more free.

> people monetizing something you open-source isn't stealing.

It's, in fact, the precise definition when the open-source project uses the GPLv3 license.