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		colejohnson66 on Dec 25, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the... Because a bot like this could never used on internal libraries that are about to be open sourced?

formerly_proven on Dec 25, 2021 | [–]

https://github.com/microsoft/cups/commit/8100595a3a3a6d5c7d0...

That's not a bot.

Strom on Dec 25, 2021 | [–]

I'm sure it could be used, however that would probably be a similar problem. Microsoft has internal libraries with all sorts of licenses. Replacing the actual licenses with a template wouldn't be the correct move there either.

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