But if it's permissively licenced, couldn't I just copy bits and pieces for my own project without asking?
Like I understand asking is always better and an opt in process for "the stack" or wtv would have been better received. Nevertheless, did they really have a legal obligation, rather than moral obligation, to ask given how this is licensed?
Taking GPL code would be a different situation right? They would have to also include it in their model creation... which theoretically they just could.