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The GPL variants, for example, require you to allow others to plagiarize your work.


The GPLv3 specifically requires copyright notices to be kept in tact on verbatim copies. Other popular Open Source licenses have more stringent attribution requirements. Plagiarism is definitely not inherent to Open Source, though it may be inherent in some licenses.


No. As far as I know, it doesn't.




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