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> Also, GitHub having a proeminent "fork" button can be seen as an invitation to violate copyrights, making the service somewhat responsible. What about simply
by forgotpwtomain 10y ago
> Also, GitHub having a proeminent "fork" button can be seen as an invitation to violate copyrights, making the service somewhat responsible.
What about simply not having a visible 'fork' button for Repository's without a license? IANAL but a supposed automated license grant to Github doesn't sound like very convincing legal rights for use of software (even if the forking itself is legal)?
>> Is the theory here that this negates FOSS licenses, over-riding copyleft terms with permissive terms?
I was under the impression that Copy-Left licenses weren't "over-ridable" at all. That is the original author of the content could grant Github a parallel license but most e.g. GPLed projects have multiple contributors and any grant to Github in violation of their CLA's wouldn't stand. Could you correct if and where this is incorrect?