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		PunchyHamster 56 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stopping bad guys from using my open source projec... They would if they could get sued. But it's unlikely, so they won't. Best cure is to use GPL, any evil company would not be able to handle having to give back anything to project they used /s

pabs3 56 days ago [–]

GPL mandates giving forward to users, not giving back to the project. It is also commonly violated.

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