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It's open source but it is still under copyright. There are notices in the source file: https://github.com/CodaFi/C-Macs/blob/master/CMacs/View.c#L5-L6 https:/
by williamcotton 3y ago
It's open source but it is still under copyright. There are notices in the source file:
https://github.com/CodaFi/C-Macs/blob/master/CMacs/View.c#L5-L6 https://github.com/CodaFi/C-Macs/blob/master/CMacs/View.c#L5...
I would definitely ask permission and encourage the author to change the license before using this code.
Since API calls are purely functional and not covered by copyright you can mimic the behavior here but you'll need to rewrite everything from scratch, notably the most expressive parts, which are:
https://github.com/CodaFi/C-Macs/blob/master/CMacs/CMacsTypes.h https://github.com/CodaFi/C-Macs/blob/master/CMacs/CMacsType...
https://github.com/CodaFi/C-Macs/blob/master/CMacs/CMacsTypes.c https://github.com/CodaFi/C-Macs/blob/master/CMacs/CMacsType...
The organization and structure of this code is arbitrary and within the author's creative expression.
- actionfromafar 3y agoIn most jurisdictions almost everything is under copyright, until it expires. (Which is approximately right before the heat death of the universe, after Disney get their way. Or 70 years after the authors death, or something like that.)
- ranger_danger 3y agohttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/04/how-the-supreme-court-saved-the-software-industry-from-api-copyrights/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/04/how-the-supreme-...
- ngcc_hk 3y agoActually Micky is free.
- numpad0 3y agoCopyleft licenses depend on copyright. I think it was in an FSF FAQ somewhere. GPL is as copyright maximalist as it gets.
- williamcotton 3y agoI always see the strangest fluctuations in upvotes and downvotes whenever I state the laws and doctrines of copyright. FWIW, I do court ordered code inspections to assess alleged copyright infringement for a living.
- mattl 3y agoI’d call it source available not open source. It doesn’t meet the open source definition.