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		dontdoxxme 7 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stopping bad guys from using my open source projec... Some background in https://gist.github.com/kemitchell/fdc179d60dc88f0c9b76e5d38... Basically you end up with something not legally enforceable. And will someone actually doing evil care about your license?

PunchyHamster 7 days ago [–]

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 7 days ago | [–]

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

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