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420 points solcloud | 6 comments | 22 Oct 24 16:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.982s | source | bottom
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josephcsible ◴[22 Oct 24 16:46 UTC] No.41916141[source]▶
Can you add a license file?
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solcloud ◴[22 Oct 24 17:41 UTC] No.41916703[source]▶
I guess I can, but I am not a lawyer and I don't really want to go on date with Gaben and his lawyers (date with Gabe, gooseman and Jess is ok for me), but if you have any suggestions please share
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solcloud ◴[22 Oct 24 17:41 UTC] No.41916709[source]▶
source code is all written from scratch and it is free for anybody
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1. JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B ◴[22 Oct 24 18:00 UTC] No.41916909[source]▶
That’s not a valid license. Without a file or statement in the repository, I guess it’s a proprietary piece of software that people cannot legally fork.
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2. droideqa ◴[23 Oct 24 00:17 UTC] No.41920151[source]▶
It is public domain if there is no license.
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3. recursive ◴[23 Oct 24 00:26 UTC] No.41920229[source]▶
That is not true.
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4. droideqa ◴[23 Oct 24 00:45 UTC] No.41920383{3}[source]▶
I checked; you are right.
5. account42 ◴[23 Oct 24 12:17 UTC] No.41924216[source]▶
Actully, the act of putting it on GitHub might be considered an implied license to clone and fork the project since those are normal GitHub functions. Still, an explicit open source license that also makes sure to grant those rights outside of GitHub would be better.
6. ClassyJacket ◴[23 Oct 24 21:25 UTC] No.41929377[source]▶
The opposite is true. Even if you publish the source, if you don't add a licence, you still have full copyright and all rights to it.