> If some of the peerd code was lifted from Spegel, it's blatant stealing.
Could we say "it's incorrect attribution"?
> and Microsoft couldn't even do that.
Did you consider it may have been done by an engineer who, in good faith, thought they were giving proper credit by adding it to the README? Would you want that engineer fired because of the bad attribution?
It's not like Microsoft is making millions out of this. Sure, they should fix the attribution. It's a mistake.
Most startups/small companies I've seen rely heavily on open source and fail to honour every single licence. This is bad and nobody cares. Here, Microsoft mentioned the project in the README (which is not enough, but not nothing), and I'm pretty sure that they can fix it if someone opens an issue. But overall, companies like Microsoft do honour licences a lot better than startups in my experience.
BigTech is evil for many reasons, but maybe we could consider that this is just an honest mistake.
Of course it was a mistake. In fact, as of 20 minutes ago, the mistake appears to be sorted out, with both the main license file and the offending files sporting new copyright headers.
But corporations hiding behind their workers is a no-go. Corporations get to enjoy their successes, and it's fair to hold them accountable for their failures. Least Microsoft can do is a bit of public comms work detailing what they will do to ensure these mistakes are not repeated in the future.
Could we say "it's incorrect attribution"?
> and Microsoft couldn't even do that.
Did you consider it may have been done by an engineer who, in good faith, thought they were giving proper credit by adding it to the README? Would you want that engineer fired because of the bad attribution?
It's not like Microsoft is making millions out of this. Sure, they should fix the attribution. It's a mistake.
Most startups/small companies I've seen rely heavily on open source and fail to honour every single licence. This is bad and nobody cares. Here, Microsoft mentioned the project in the README (which is not enough, but not nothing), and I'm pretty sure that they can fix it if someone opens an issue. But overall, companies like Microsoft do honour licences a lot better than startups in my experience.
BigTech is evil for many reasons, but maybe we could consider that this is just an honest mistake.