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		gowld on Aug 18, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dependency Crime isn't supposed to pay the bills either. You have no right to give away a gift and the bulglarize anyone who accepts it. If you don't want to give your work away, put a protective license on it.

coreyoconnor on Aug 18, 2020 [–]

While the above case is (arguably) crime. In general crime is unrelated to this issue.

As for licensing: totally agreed. I would like to see more projects with protective licensing.

Too many projects are basically donations to Amazon.

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