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Microsoft now pops up a poll asking why you'd want to use another browser when you download Chrome(www.theverge.com)

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520@kbin.social
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Not exactly “stole”; the author was fine about the code being used in this way. What they were upset about is the lack of attribution and communication.

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glibg10b@lemmy.ml
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Isn’t this what licenses are for?

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The license was Apache 2.0, and there was a tiny bit of attribution…just enough to cover the license requirements.

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