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It would, but < 20% of public projects on GitHub have a license apparently: https://github.com/blog/1964-open-source-license-usage-on-github-com https://github

• vezzy-fnord 12y ago
  Seems to me like people are equivocating the GitHub definition of forking with the conventional definition of a software fork - which directly follows from the right to redistribute modified copies of a program, though usually also implies some form of rebranding and schism. GitHub doesn't provide an accurate view into FOSS at large, only certain subcultures.
  • nirvdrum 12y ago
    I agree. The definition seems to have gotten a bit fuzzy and it can be hard to tell what people mean. Apologies if I got it wrong here. The other interesting aspect is with the conventional definition, forking is something you usually avoided and it was almost always divisive. The GitHub definition, on the other hand, seems to have shed its negative stigma.