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		tombert 8 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My open source project was relicensed by a YC comp... Sure, but if they have access to your code then a company could pay a junior engineer to look for any kinds of explicit fingerprints and remove it.

ValentineC 8 days ago [–]

Some companies that steal open source code are likely to cheap out on even this.

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