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> if that is true then any upload of code that users do not have 100% copyright control of is then a copyright violation since the user would not have the autho
by TazeTSchnitzel 4y ago
> if that is true then any upload of code that users do not have 100% copyright control of is then a copyright violation since the user would not have the authority to grant github that special license
That doesn't sound right. Licences can allow sublicensing, and I think all the popular open-source ones do.
- belorn 4y agoSublicensing can only create additional restrictions on top of the existing conditions inside the license. All open source licenses require at minimum that distribution provides attribution and the original copyright notice. License like GPL has additional conditions. There is also additional problems specific to sublicenses. In the United States, only exclusive licensees are assumed by statute to have a right to sublicense. The theory is that licensees of exclusive licensees are assumed to have the control/authority similar to that of the author. Nonexclusive licensees are not assumed to be granted such a monopoly by the licensor.