Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]
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Re: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]
#2Seems like it's probably a mistake, did you try to contact them? https://opensource.microsoft.com/ https://twitter.com/OpenAtMicrosoft
Re: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]
#3I didn't think code was copyrightable in the first place.
Re: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]
#4They changed the copyright holder on this fork, but left the MIT license in place. How does this harm anyone?
Re: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]
#5The repo page still has:
> This repo has been populated by an initial template to help get you started. Please make sure to update the content to build a great experience for community-building.
Perhaps this is "updating content"?
Re: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]
#6They changed the copyright holder on this fork, but left the MIT license in place. How does this harm anyone?
It violates the license that specifically says (IANAL):
> The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
Re: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]
#7is it possible that microsoft bought the rights to the software
Re: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]
#8The account which did the change has this description:
> This is the open source management service account used for performing key GitHub operations on behalf of Microsoft employees and users.
Combined with the nonsense README change, this looks like a bot mis-use accident.
Edit: to clarify, in no way am I saying that this is a "honest mistake" which does not deserve scrutiny.
Re: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]
#9They changed the copyright holder on this fork, but left the MIT license in place. How does this harm anyone?
It looks like Microsoft developed this all along. Yes, git keeps history, but it's unethical and ugly to begin with.
Also, I'm not sure you can just change the copyright information, and change the history of the code like that.
However, this is typical of Microsoft. Like DOS, like Windows App Store / Packaging ripoff (they asked the guy some questions, sherlocked his software, even didn't thank him later), etc.
Re: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]
#10They changed the copyright holder on this fork, but left the MIT license in place. How does this harm anyone?
that’s still breaking the license