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The original was posted on /r/opensource by /u/oz1sej on 2025-09-27 19:47:38+00:00.

(Probably very) hypothetical - but honest! - question: If I open source some software under the condition, that anyone can use it as long as they credit me, nothing prevents others from removing my name from it and putting their own in. I’d probably never discover it, and even if I did, what could I do? I don’t suppose the average open source software developer has any interest in paying a lawyer to start a court case, when you’ve explicitly said you didn’t want to make money off it. What would be the purpose?

So if anyone can violate the terms of an open source license without any consequences (other than you can boo at them on social media) - what’s the point of having licenses in the first place?