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I had no idea this issue had been identified. While I find this tool very useful, the project is seeming rather questionable to me now.

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

God I hate people who use github comments for their own benefit. "Just fork it bro" is never helpful.

[–] sem@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

For me the problem is more in GPL violation: they distribute blobs under GPL3, user made a request of the source code by creating an issue, but they ignored that request. It is not only about "you have to fix it" versus "just fork it" imo.

[–] Neon@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Licence doesn't apply to the creator.

He already owns the copyright, he doesn't need a licence, he doesn't need to adhere to the gpl

[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

The binaries in question are various GNU and FOSS tools from elsewhere, not part of the Ventoy project itself. So no, the Ventoy author does not own the copyright of the tools in question.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Seriously this. Any comment about a complicated system that starts with "just" can be ignored 99% of the time.

Also, there are 4k forks of Ventoy already. Obviously forking it isn't helping. Actual work needs to be done.