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True it may not technically be open source, but certain rights are granted because the author published on GitHub, according to the ToS: > If you set your page

by evv 7y ago

True it may not technically be open source, but certain rights are granted because the author published on GitHub, according to the ToS: > If you set your pages and repositories to be viewed publicly, you grant each User of GitHub a nonexclusive, worldwide license to use, display, and perform Your Content through the GitHub Service and to reproduce Your Content solely on GitHub as permitted through GitHub's functionality (for example, through forking). You may grant further rights if you adopt a license. If you are uploading Content you did not create or own, you are responsible for ensuring that the Content you upload is licensed under terms that grant these permissions to other GitHub Users. https://help.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-terms-of-service#d-user-generated-content https://help.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-terms-o...

TylerE 7y ago
That doesn't grant any meaningful rights at all. Notably, it doesn't given any right to download or use the code.
- chalst 7y ago
  I think it does allow download, although it is a little unclear; from the previous sentence: > By setting your repositories to be viewed publicly, you agree to allow others to view and "fork" your repositories (this means that others may make their own copies of Content from your repositories in repositories they control). If I clone a Github repo to my local machine this is 'making my own copy in a repository I control'. But this clause doesn't grant any further right, e.g., to compile code in the repo. This isn't an unheard-of situation: e.g., Knuth allows distribution of the TeX source to the TeXbook but not compiling the source with a TeX engine.
  - TylerE 7y ago
    It later clarifies with "through the GitHub Service and to reproduce Your Content solely on GitHub as permitted through GitHub's functionality (for example, through forking)." That seems to deny any local rights.

by evv 7y ago

TylerE 7y ago

That doesn't grant any meaningful rights at all. Notably, it doesn't given any right to download or use the code.

chalst 7y ago
I think it does allow download, although it is a little unclear; from the previous sentence: > By setting your repositories to be viewed publicly, you agree to allow others to view and "fork" your repositories (this means that others may make their own copies of Content from your repositories in repositories they control). If I clone a Github repo to my local machine this is 'making my own copy in a repository I control'. But this clause doesn't grant any further right, e.g., to compile code in the repo. This isn't an unheard-of situation: e.g., Knuth allows distribution of the TeX source to the TeXbook but not compiling the source with a TeX engine.
- TylerE 7y ago
  It later clarifies with "through the GitHub Service and to reproduce Your Content solely on GitHub as permitted through GitHub's functionality (for example, through forking)." That seems to deny any local rights.