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Originally Posted by VincentA
I may be revealing my ignorance of the GPL, in that it may not be workable in relation to scripts running on top of proprietary software, but might it help if you opensource your (hugely appreciated!!) scripts "formally"?
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Having a software license designated for publicly released/available code and software removes ambiguity and could help.
If I were in RobTrew's situation I'd probably put my scripts in a GitHub repo and pick a software license and selectively let people make pull requests when they want to contribute bug fixes or enhancements.
Personally I think putting up a tip jar for a (monumentally modest) modification of someone else's code is the very height of douchebaggery, but maybe it's the canary in the coal mine that a collection of (very) helpful scripts and utilities is entitled to some direction and protection.