Reply to post: Re: The complaint isn't about the use of FOSS code, it's about attribution

Re: The complaint isn't about the use of FOSS code, it's about attribution

> If the author of the open source code had seen yours before writing theirs, then a court might well find it is a breach of copyright.

But is that good, or bad?

I think it's bad. People shouldn't need to tiptoe to protect the intellectual property rights of a five line for loop.