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The Github ToC require you to allow forks for public repositories. So a fork on Github is almost literally the only use of this software that they couldn't stop
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
The Github ToC require you to allow forks for public repositories. So a fork on Github is almost literally the only use of this software that they couldn't stop.
I'm reasonably certain that Github would check this when served with a DMCA notice, as well. The ToC read as if they are a reaction to exactly such a case. They don't want it to be possible to infringe copyright with the single click of a button.
- fapjacks 9y agoBut the fork wasn't the problem. The problem was the forker scrubbing attribution, which is against the license it supposedly had at the time. Or, at least, that seemed to have been the problem at the time?