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You can if they don't include the copyright header: "The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software."

Which, as far as I can tell they haven't done. Their MIT licence claims their own copyright. No reference to the library used in readme.

https://github.com/kagisearch/privacypass-lib/blob/main/LICE...

https://github.com/kagisearch/privacypass-lib/blob/main/READ...

Usually when using apps that use MIT licensed libs they also implement a notice in a user-facing way. Google maps for instance has a (albeit hidden) section in their settings menu referencing at least one MIT licensed library.



They’re pulling it in as a dependency. it’s not a fork.

As soon as you run cargo build the source code will be fetched including the original license. That’s better than a settings menu with just a license!




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