Post #2614213
2026-02-27 01:58 UTC
@linear@nya.social right. One could argue that the codebase ca. 2019 is likely untainted, and use that as measuring stick for what changed.
The other thing is that you can of course mix uncopyrightable PD stuff into a larger work, if your own stuff is copyrightable. That ofc only works if the former is indeed PD and not encumbered with the rights of the stolen works’ creatives.
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@linear@nya.social 2026-02-27 02:05
@mirabilos@toot.mirbsd.org yeah. in this case i think it primarily raises concerns for future contributions. one wonders if a judge might, if reviewing this, rule that all contributions after this commit are public domain, unless the provenance of the code is very clear, e.g. patchsets taken from other projects which do practice due diligence