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That's also my general sentiment. I assume anyone can do virtually anything with my public repos with little recourse from me. I wouldn't even know if they are indeed breaking my license agreements. Doesn't really help the situation though.


GitHub only recently allowed non-paid private repos. Previously these were only reserved for paid plans. Also, GitHub has a specific section for license files. GitHub actually believes these license files mean something, and states that they must be included with the repo so they are downloaded with it. Just because you can teach a script to ignore a LICENSE file, doesn't mean that it still doesn't apply. That is like saying that because you can teach a robot to ignore restricted airspace, that it is allowed to fly around an airport.




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