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My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]

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931 points sohzm | 1 comments | 04 Jul 25 02:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.425s | source
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bhouston ◴[04 Jul 25 02:35 UTC] No.44460681[source]▶
Hmm... a tool for cheating is stolen and relicensed by another company that specializes in cheating tools. Sort of on brand actually.
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esafak ◴[04 Jul 25 02:48 UTC] No.44460741[source]▶
I'm having trouble mustering sympathy.
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timewizard ◴[04 Jul 25 02:59 UTC] No.44460781[source]▶
If our rights are contingent on taste then we have no rights at all.
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1. antonvs ◴[04 Jul 25 11:34 UTC] No.44463595[source]▶
If a criminal steals from another criminal, do you feel sorry for the first criminal?

If the software in question was explicitly intended for illegal purposes, would you still take the same position?

For me, moral lines exist. I don’t defend the right of people to profit from immoral acts.