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I just found out that #Forgejo changed its license from MIT to GPL v3 in 2024.

https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/commit/94631ccef67eb385f416feb9017214f3da99ab3a#diff-0398ccd0f49298b10a3d76a47800d2ebecd49859

Now, #IANAL but I think removing the copyright notice is a blatant violation of the MIT license of the earlier Gogs/Gitea/Forgejo code?

@HarryLeRoy You make a good point, and it would be wrong of me to say there’s an easy straightforward answer to this issue.

I guess if I gave it a shot (#IANAL ), I’d say the line would be drawn at:

-It is part of your body
-It’s taken from you unwillingly (as in, you needed to have something removed for a medically necessary reason but otherwise wouldn’t have parted with it)
-It is taken from you knowingly, and the person taking it from you knows where the material came from
-It is investigated specifically to find some beneficial or profitable use for it
-A discovered use is monetized, and the source person (since it is known who they are) is intentionally excluded from sharing in that profit

#medicalethics #ScienceEthics #medicalwaste