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The existence of a LICENSE file is neither necessary nor sufficient to determine the terms that apply to a given work.
by cxr 5y ago
The existence of a LICENSE file is neither necessary nor sufficient to determine the terms that apply to a given work.
- diffeomorphism 5y agoWhy not? If it does not exist you treat it as proprietary (copyrighted by default) and if it does exist at least the author claims that the given license is an option (possibly their mistake, not mine)
- junon 5y agoBecause individual source files might have license headers that override the root license file in the repository.