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Google copied our open-source code, removed engineers' names without credit

156 points · 13 comments · jacquesm

  1. FabCH · · focus · HN ↗
    Surprisingly many people in the linked Reddit thread seem to think that open source license means Google can re-license the code and strip the author info.

    Which is the one thing you absolutely cannot do.

    1. bananaflag · · focus · HN ↗
      They confuse it with public domain, which means exactly that.
      1. PalmPilotProMax · · focus · HN ↗
        The "opens source" rebranding exercise and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
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