Indeed. Distributing source code does not mean that people can or will fork your project. You have to explicitly grant permission to distribute the software fre

Indeed. Distributing source code does not mean that people can or will fork your project. You have to explicitly grant permission to distribute the software freely, and in particular to distribute modified copies, for that to happen. http://cr.yp.to/softwarelaw.html http://cr.yp.to/softwarelaw.html Copyright law gives users more rights than users or developers probably realise. Personally, I am happy to release my software with source code under either a simple copyright notice, or in the public domain with my moral rights asserted.