• God@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    31·
    2 years ago

    Ah. Well I’m pro theft so just use it and close it if you want and pray for the best! Hide the evidence to not get sued.

    • lntlEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      This happens from time to time. The offending party either removes the GPL code or they GPL the work. That’s life ;)

        • lntlEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          It costs money to rewrite entire libraries

          • God@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            11·
            2 years ago

            You don’t need to rewrite it though. Just keep it closed source and import / copy paste whatever you want into your repo.

            • lntlEnglish
              2·
              2 years ago

              It’s may be possible to tell if there is GPL code included whether or not the source is reveal. A simple example is that some plain-text strings are visible in compiled binaries. In this way, poking around with a hexeditor may reveal strings which indicate part of the code is GPL.

              • God@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                41·
                2 years ago

                Hmmm. Thankfully I only develop small services and haven’t done any big monolith that people wanna audit. When I get to that point I’ll prolly get sued and then try to figure out what to do while profusely apologizing and denying at the same time.