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> Edit2: Now that I've thought a little bit about it, I'm not happy that the sources are on GitHub in this form. If one releases code under an open license and

by shabda 13y ago

> Edit2: Now that I've thought a little bit about it, I'm not happy that the sources are on GitHub in this form. If one releases code under an open license and people use/copy/fork it, why should you or the original author be unhappy. (As long as the license terms are not being broken.) If we had to worry about this each time we forked/cloned someone's work, it would make code reuse very hard. [Edit] I am working on some Python charting. I found Pychart, which I found interesting: http://home.gna.org/pychart/ http://home.gna.org/pychart/ . Because it is in bzr which I don't work with, I put it on github. Should I be worried that someone will feel offended with it?

yoklov 13y ago
If you're within the terms of the license, you're fine. The developer should say so in the license (or choose another license) if they don't want it reproduced anywhere. A link to the original is common courtesy, however. In the case of the C compiler, I think the modifications are under the same license as the original, but I'm not totally certain. If they aren't it would be cause for concern.