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W3.CSS is free to use. No license is necessary. Does that not constitute a license?
by justusw 4y ago
W3.CSS is free to use. No license is necessary.
Does that not constitute a license?
- phire 4y agoA very minimal one. Decent chance it will stand up in court, but it's not going to make your legal department very happy.
- quickthrower2 4y agoThis might be it? https://github.com/JaniRefsnes/w3css/blob/master/LICENSE https://github.com/JaniRefsnes/w3css/blob/master/LICENSE Based on the github account being similar to the names in https://www.w3schools.com/w3css/4/w3.css https://www.w3schools.com/w3css/4/w3.css, it is likely to be the origin. Edit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32831880 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32831880, beat me to it by a few seconds!
- jaimex2 4y agoYeah, but I would never work at a place with a legal department. I like getting things done.
- kyle-rb 4y agoIt sounds like whoever wrote that page doesn't know much about software licensing. Doesn't make me confident that w3schools has improved as much as people say it has. However, it does seem to be MIT-licensed. Linked from the downloads page: https://github.com/JaniRefsnes/w3css/blob/master/LICENSE https://github.com/JaniRefsnes/w3css/blob/master/LICENSE
- XorNot 4y agoWould've helped if there any sort of license spec in the file header. All it's got is "/* W3.CSS 4.15 December 2020 by Jan Egil and Borge Refsnes */"
- hamandcheese 4y agoBeing a bit more charitable, it could be that they are explaining things in a way that likely makes sense to someone just getting started. For many, “license” is a synonym for a software unlock code, not a legal contract.
- shepherdjerred 4y agoThey probably meant that you don’t need to pay for a license, not that there is no legal license
- troymc 4y agoIt constitutes evidence that the people behind W3.CSS don't fully understand copyright or licensing.