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Correct. You don’t own the code just because you forked it. The original copyright holders retain ownership, and you must abide by their license. You can’t swap
by zenexer 5y ago
Correct. You don’t own the code just because you forked it. The original copyright holders retain ownership, and you must abide by their license. You can’t swap out the license unless they explicitly allow you to do so.
- gortok 5y agoThat’s not true. You can change the license if the license allows you to. It’s copyright you can’t change unless the author assigns the copyright to you.
- soheil 5y agoThis comment highlights the ignorance of a lot of people in this thread jumping to conclusion and view MS instantly as an aggressor and themselves as victims of the obvious and horrible crime of copyright infringement. A) Do you know it was not an honest mistake? B) Why a complete understanding of esoteric legal copyright laws created by non-programmers all of a sudden so important to a mainly programmer HN audience?
- bogwog 5y agoAre you joking? Programming is all about intellectual property. A complete understanding of copyright laws is important for anyone in the tech industry.
- soheil 5y agoJurisprudence is a specialty beyond the skill level of an average lawyer. It's like saying to be able to eat you need to have a complete understanding of how to raise a chicken.
- zenexer 5y agoThat’s exactly what I said. :)