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Because Winamp agreed to the ToS of GitHub by uploading their code to GitHub.
by codetrotter 2y ago
Because Winamp agreed to the ToS of GitHub by uploading their code to GitHub.
- j16sdiz 2y agoThe legal system don't work that way. That ToS is between wimamp and GitHub, not you. You have to do the due diligence to get the permission from winamp. You might be able to get away by suing GitHub and have them sue winamp. ..
- ronsor 2y agohttps://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/third-party_beneficiary https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/third-party_beneficiary
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- kadoban 2y agoDoesn't that just mean that Github should be mad at them? Doesn't seem obvious that it actually gives me a license to do anything.
- mnau 2y agoPretty much all open source projects on GitHub rely on section D.6 of GitHub TOS (when you submit PR, it's licensed under project license and you have a right to do so). TOS are not just fluff and paper, but legally binding. Granted, when there is a conflict between two conflicting requirements, it's never clear cut, but it's not just "GitHub will be mad."
- kadoban 2y agoAny project I've been involved in has its own explicit license, that allows such things (really allows much more, I don't touch anything closed source).