Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed] • Hacker News Board

Re: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]

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Post by mkdirp » Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 2:27 PM UTC

Hello71 wrote: post #7

is it possible that microsoft bought the rights to the software

The original copyright holder claims on reddit[0] that it was forked, and there doesn't seem to be any implication of buying the rights to the software.

[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/roa9xz/microsof...

Re: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]

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Post by shp0ngle » Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 2:28 PM UTC

zach_garwood wrote: post #3

I didn't think code was copyrightable in the first place.

This might be true about trivial pieces of code, which this one is not

Re: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]

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Post by fiatjaf » Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 2:28 PM UTC

So you can't do that? I do it all the time when I fork something.

Re: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]

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Post by akyoan » Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 2:29 PM UTC

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Re: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 2:29 PM UTC

fiatjaf wrote: post #13

So you can't do that? I do it all the time when I fork something.

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Re: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 2:30 PM UTC

fiatjaf wrote: post #13

So you can't do that? I do it all the time when I fork something.

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Re: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]

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Post by ghjklpoiuy » Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 2:30 PM UTC

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Re: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]

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Post by dpratt » Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 2:31 PM UTC

zach_garwood wrote: post #3

I didn't think code was copyrightable in the first place.

Any work, no matter how trivial, is eligible for copyright as long as it is an original artifact with a distinct identity.

Re: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 2:32 PM UTC

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Re: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]

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Post by arbitrage » Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 2:33 PM UTC

shp0ngle wrote: post #10

hirundo wrote: post #4

They 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

so take them to court.