<![CDATA[it has been 0 days since I encountered something that was licensed "feel free to use this in your projects, please just credit me by name!" and they forgot to actually state their name anywhere in the readme or the code.]]>it has been 0 days since I encountered something that was licensed "feel free to use this in your projects, please just credit me by name!" and they forgot to actually state their name anywhere in the readme or the code. 😅 document your assumptions 😂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/9edff30b-0344-44fa-8f4e-8bb82f07f7e7/it-has-been-0-days-since-i-encountered-something-that-was-licensed-feel-free-to-use-this-in-your-projects-please-just-credit-me-by-name-and-they-forgot-to-actually-state-their-name-anywhere-in-the-readme-or-the-code.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 02:08:39 GMTFri, 08 May 2026 13:35:07 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to it has been 0 days since I encountered something that was licensed "feel free to use this in your projects, please just credit me by name!" and they forgot to actually state their name anywhere in the readme or the code. on Fri, 08 May 2026 14:53:14 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea Alan Smithee?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/eedly/statuses/116539522707460562https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/eedly/statuses/116539522707460562Fri, 08 May 2026 14:53:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to it has been 0 days since I encountered something that was licensed "feel free to use this in your projects, please just credit me by name!" and they forgot to actually state their name anywhere in the readme or the code. on Fri, 08 May 2026 14:21:47 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange I've seen that with the beer license :-P

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pleroma.envs.net/objects/287e58c3-bccf-4c1e-a2aa-7c372220aa16https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pleroma.envs.net/objects/287e58c3-bccf-4c1e-a2aa-7c372220aa16Fri, 08 May 2026 14:21:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to it has been 0 days since I encountered something that was licensed "feel free to use this in your projects, please just credit me by name!" and they forgot to actually state their name anywhere in the readme or the code. on Fri, 08 May 2026 14:00:33 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea Ah yes, the Rumpelstiltskin license.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/squipo/statuses/116539315565252794https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/squipo/statuses/116539315565252794Fri, 08 May 2026 14:00:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to it has been 0 days since I encountered something that was licensed "feel free to use this in your projects, please just credit me by name!" and they forgot to actually state their name anywhere in the readme or the code. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:56:36 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea I have genuinely released things under a random pseudonym and MIT licensing just to avoid having to figure out what my name was.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ra6bit/statuses/116539300028689762https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ra6bit/statuses/116539300028689762Fri, 08 May 2026 13:56:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to it has been 0 days since I encountered something that was licensed "feel free to use this in your projects, please just credit me by name!" and they forgot to actually state their name anywhere in the readme or the code. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:56:06 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea `Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]`

many such cases

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wikis.world/users/anticomposite/statuses/116539298031699489https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wikis.world/users/anticomposite/statuses/116539298031699489Fri, 08 May 2026 13:56:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to it has been 0 days since I encountered something that was licensed "feel free to use this in your projects, please just credit me by name!" and they forgot to actually state their name anywhere in the readme or the code. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:41:49 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea ah, I spent some time trying to find the copyright for hurry.filesize (PyPI) to as to comply with the licence. I gave up after 30 minutes and finding out that there exist a link to the licence in the wayback archive but not the licence itself.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://piaille.fr/users/ewjoachim/statuses/116539241906500545https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://piaille.fr/users/ewjoachim/statuses/116539241906500545Fri, 08 May 2026 13:41:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to it has been 0 days since I encountered something that was licensed "feel free to use this in your projects, please just credit me by name!" and they forgot to actually state their name anywhere in the readme or the code. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:38:14 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea That just means you can't use it, right?

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