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Private isn't a useful distinction though right? Even open source code often has a licence and conditions on how you can reuse or integrate it into your own cod
by VBprogrammer 4y ago
Private isn't a useful distinction though right? Even open source code often has a licence and conditions on how you can reuse or integrate it into your own code. Someone owns it.
If you sell a product which can regurgitate large parts of code who's licence doesn't allow it to be completely freely used and modified then this kind of outcome seems a foregone conclusion.
- IshKebab 4y ago> Private isn't a useful distinction though right? Yes it is. If code is public you can't necessarily use or copy the code (depending on the license) but there's nothing stopping you reading it and learning how it works and any secrets contained in it (e.g. information about future products). There's a reason most proprietary software isn't "source available". > If you sell a product which can regurgitate large parts of code who's licence doesn't allow it to be completely freely used and modified Yes but they don't do that. I'm not sure why people are finding this so hard to understand.