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Comment on Ask HN: Tech lead copying code from open source GitHub repo

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Probably fine - even if it was in breach of some os license - how would they (the original author of the code) know and lift a burden of proof in a civil court?

Besides that it is good practice if you copy something from somewhere to put that fact in a comment or commit message.

Makes it easier to maintain.

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