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Github has a valid license to distribute it but you are not Github so that doesn't give you a right to anything. In particular it doesn't give you a right to d

Github has a valid license to distribute it but you are not Github so that doesn't give you a right to anything. In particular it doesn't give you a right to download it.

dahart 5y ago
> In particular it doesn't give you a right to download it That sentence is wrong, GitHub’s terms of service explicitly give users a right to download, and also run, the code of any project that is publicly visible. Please read the terms, especially section D “5. License Grant to Other Users”. https://docs.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-terms-of-service#d-user-generated-content https://docs.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-terms-o...
- teraflop 5y ago
  Those terms don't say anything about a right to "download and also run" code: > 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 (emphasis mine)
  - dahart 5y ago
    “Display”, “Use”, and “View” are all terms that are all talking about downloading. “Perform” means to run the code. You are still using the GitHub service when you clone a GitHub repo locally, that is part of GitHub’s functionality. What it’s not saying is that the only way to view a project is via an http connection through a browser to github.com.
    - mrpimpunicorn 5y ago
      "Perform" means to run the code THROUGH GitHub and its services (i.e. Actions). You are NOT allowed to run the code on any hardware YOU own. Downloading is an implementation detail of performing your right to "Display", "Use", and "View" the content ON GitHub and its services. You are forbidden from downloading the content for any other purpose.
      - dahart 5y ago
        > You are NOT allowed to run the code on any hardware YOU own. Sure you are, that is just not true. > You are forbidden from downloading the content for any other purpose The rights GitHub grants allow a copy to be made. What you can’t do is redistribute the code, that part is clear. But what you do with it on your machine when not showing it to anyone else is not prohibited by GitHub’s terms, nor by copyright law. I’ve read both. If you have too, and believe otherwise, please cite the relevant sections.

Github has a valid license to distribute it but you are not Github so that doesn't give you a right to anything. In particular it doesn't give you a right to download it.

dahart 5y ago

> In particular it doesn't give you a right to download it That sentence is wrong, GitHub’s terms of service explicitly give users a right to download, and also run, the code of any project that is publicly visible. Please read the terms, especially section D “5. License Grant to Other Users”. https://docs.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-terms-of-service#d-user-generated-content https://docs.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-terms-o...

teraflop 5y ago
Those terms don't say anything about a right to "download and also run" code: > 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 (emphasis mine)
- dahart 5y ago
  “Display”, “Use”, and “View” are all terms that are all talking about downloading. “Perform” means to run the code. You are still using the GitHub service when you clone a GitHub repo locally, that is part of GitHub’s functionality. What it’s not saying is that the only way to view a project is via an http connection through a browser to github.com.
  - mrpimpunicorn 5y ago
    "Perform" means to run the code THROUGH GitHub and its services (i.e. Actions). You are NOT allowed to run the code on any hardware YOU own. Downloading is an implementation detail of performing your right to "Display", "Use", and "View" the content ON GitHub and its services. You are forbidden from downloading the content for any other purpose.
    - dahart 5y ago
      > You are NOT allowed to run the code on any hardware YOU own. Sure you are, that is just not true. > You are forbidden from downloading the content for any other purpose The rights GitHub grants allow a copy to be made. What you can’t do is redistribute the code, that part is clear. But what you do with it on your machine when not showing it to anyone else is not prohibited by GitHub’s terms, nor by copyright law. I’ve read both. If you have too, and believe otherwise, please cite the relevant sections.