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But, for example, isn't Cannonball (SEGA Outrun source port) open source? https://github.com/djyt/cannonball https://github.com/djyt/cannonball

• jasonjmcghee 10mo ago
  No it is not. There is no license in that repository. Relevant: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/82431 https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/82431 > When you make a creative work (which includes code), the work is under exclusive copyright by default. Unless you include a license that specifies otherwise, nobody else can copy, distribute, or modify your work without being at risk of take-downs, shake-downs, or litigation. Once the work has other contributors (each a copyright holder), “nobody” starts including you. https://choosealicense.com/no-permission/ https://choosealicense.com/no-permission/
  • seba_dos1 10mo ago
    There is a license: https://github.com/djyt/cannonball/blob/master/docs/license.txt https://github.com/djyt/cannonball/blob/master/docs/license.... ...but it's very clearly not an open source license.
    • jasonjmcghee 10mo ago
      ah thanks, you're right - I didn't think to look in subfolders. genuinely never seen a license in a subfolder before.
      • seba_dos1 10mo ago
        It doesn't even have to be there, you could state what the license is on a website or in an e-mail. Sometimes you can find it in the header of source files (as seen here as well). Having a "LICENSE" or "COPYING" file in the root of the repository is just a common pattern made even more common by all the tools that can consume it automatically (including GitHub's UI).