How I Found Myself Accused of Stealing Code from WordPress

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Post by eviluncle » Sat, Oct 29, 2016, 8:32 PM UTC

How I Found Myself Accused of Stealing Code from WordPress
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Re: How I Found Myself Accused of Stealing Code from WordPress

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Post by cannonball » Sat, Oct 29, 2016, 11:21 PM UTC

Seems he doesn't understand how GPL works.

Re: How I Found Myself Accused of Stealing Code from WordPress

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Post by devnonymous » Sat, Oct 29, 2016, 11:31 PM UTC

What's with all the weasel words? Why can't anyone seem to admit - look I'm sorry I didn't pay close attention to the license, as I now know I should have.

Is it really that hard to admit that you were lazy? Is it really a better call to paint this as "hey, we were just having fun and decided to 'collaborate' (screw the details), look we even mentioned these guys, #hashtag and everything"... What's up with technical people these days. Doesn't anyone care about the details anymore? Full stack developer, yeah, for sure!

/Rant

Re: How I Found Myself Accused of Stealing Code from WordPress

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Post by dismantlethesun » Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 2:52 AM UTC

devnonymous wrote: post #3

What's with all the weasel words? Why can't anyone seem to admit - look I'm sorry I didn't pay close attention to the license, as I now know I should have. Is it really that hard to admit that you were lazy? Is it really a better call to paint this as "hey, we were just having fun and decided to 'collaborate' (screw the details), look we even mentioned these guys, #hashtag and everything"... What's up with technical…

Because if you admit that, they can use those words against you in court. Saying "i am just lazy" is the most obvious form of professional negligence.