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0 pointswredue2y ago0 comments

Well. They’re accusing jetbrains of forking the open repo and then closing it.

The reason it feels malicious is because jetbrains weren’t the only contributors, so they’re monetizing the work of people that were under the impression that the plugin was staying open source due to clion.

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Moomoomoo3092y ago

It cuts both ways. JetBrains is free to close source it, but likewise, anyone can continue to maintain it too. JetBrains has no more power here than anyone else, except for the dev time of their employees.

VeejayRampay2y ago

the license allows it, there's nothing "malicious" about it

if people care about such things, then they should not contribute to projects using MIT

ilyagr2y ago

There's a difference between illegal and malicious. If you ask me where the nearest bathroom is, I could point you in the opposite direction, and that'd be legal. Or, if I didn't want to lie, I could point you to one I know is it of order, since you didn't say "working bathroom I'd be allowed to use".

Sure, the license allows it. This implies neither the presence of malice/sketchiness/betrayal of trust, nor the absence of it.

elsjaako2y ago

The license is an explicit statement about what someone can do with the code.

If we have an explicit agreement that I can mess with you (maybe we like pranks), then pointing you in the opposite direction would not be malicious, it would just be allowed according to the rules we've agreed to.

If you don't want companies taking your code closed source, there's plenty of license options to choose from.

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VeejayRampay2y ago

yeah I understand, but if I get into a room where "someone might slap you in this room" is written on the door, I can't call someone slapping me "malicious"

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Moomoomoo3092y ago

VeejayRampay2y ago

the license allows it, there's nothing "malicious" about it

if people care about such things, then they should not contribute to projects using MIT

ilyagr2y ago

Sure, the license allows it. This implies neither the presence of malice/sketchiness/betrayal of trust, nor the absence of it.

elsjaako2y ago

The license is an explicit statement about what someone can do with the code.

If you don't want companies taking your code closed source, there's plenty of license options to choose from.

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VeejayRampay2y ago

yeah I understand, but if I get into a room where "someone might slap you in this room" is written on the door, I can't call someone slapping me "malicious"

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