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Comment by orf

4 days ago

> what else are you going to lie about?

Nothing? Everything? Does it fucking matter? Assigning trust across a boundary like this is stupid, and that’s my point.

Oh, would you just accept my blatantly, verbatim copied-from-another-codebase-and-relicensed PR just because I said “I solemnly swear this is not blatantly, verbatim copied from another codebase and relicensed”?

That’s on you for stupidly assigning any trust to the author of the change. It’s the internet: nobody knows you’re a dog.

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kuschku  3 days ago

> Oh, would you just accept my blatantly, verbatim copied-from-another-codebase-and-relicensed PR just because I said “I solemnly swear this is not blatantly, verbatim copied from another codebase and relicensed”?

At that point you've proven intention, meaning you'll get the chance to argue your viewpoint in front of a judge.

  • orf  3 days ago

    > At that point you've proven intention, meaning you'll get the chance to argue your viewpoint in front of a judge.

    Sure, put out an international search warrant for xXImADogOnTheInternet86Xx.

    • kuschku  3 days ago

      Please stop embarrassing yourself, that's unnecessary.

      Many major projects now require a signed DCO with a real name. That can be a nickname if you have a reasonable online presence under that name, but generally it has to identify you as an individual.

      So you wouldn't sign it as "xXImADogOnTheInternet86Xx", but as "Tom Forbes (orf)".

      And even if there won't be direct legal consequences, it'd certainly affect your ability to contribute to this or other projects in the future.

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