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Protect the Open Source Ethos — Polygon Zero

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tl;dr Copy-pasting source code without attribution and making misleading claims about the original work is against the open source ethos and hurts the ecosystem.

tl;dr Copy-pasting source code without attribution and making misleading claims about the original work is against the open source ethos and hurts the ecosystem. Introduction Crypto is an ideal environment for open source because it unlocks business models that are consistent with permissively licensed software. We can sustainably build software in the open, leveraging the combined talent and expertise of entire communities, and everyone benefits. Contributors working together can produce amazing results - see Linux, Rust, and the EVM. But it’s not cynical to say that perverse incentives also

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