dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoMicrosoft now pops up a poll asking why you'd want to use another browser when you download Chromewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square343fedilinkarrow-up11.05Karrow-down127cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.ml
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minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up37arrow-down2·8 months agoNot exactly “stole”; the author was fine about the code being used in this way. What they were upset about is the lack of attribution and communication.
minus-squareglibg10b@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoIsn’t this what licenses are for?
minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12·8 months agoThe license was Apache 2.0, and there was a tiny bit of attribution…just enough to cover the license requirements.
Not exactly “stole”; the author was fine about the code being used in this way. What they were upset about is the lack of attribution and communication.
Isn’t this what licenses are for?
The license was Apache 2.0, and there was a tiny bit of attribution…just enough to cover the license requirements.