• God@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year 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.

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      1 year ago

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

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            1 year ago

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

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              1 year 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.

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                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.