Comment by manquer
13 hours ago
If a developer I hired ignored a GPL license requirement and solved his blocker by using a library without asking me I would be quite concerned.
Nobody would be concerned if they didn’t have access to curl and used wget instead and didn’t ask permission .
However if that solution involved breaking the law yes I absolutely do not want a representative of me breaking the law and yes it is breaking the law whether we like or not under CFAA.
It is not about finding solutions to problems on their own; the solutions should respect the agreements we have made and the law .
The application of law is also a subjective thing; it depends on jurisdiction. So if you're US-based and you hire a US-based dev who breaks US law, then you definitely should be concerned. If it's an Indian-based dev breaking US law though... then it's totally on you as the one who did the hiring to not have told them to follow US law. Same re using libs that you may consider questionable or outright avoid.