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This claims to be a "software license" but it isn't one. It doesn't give you, the person reading the code, permission to do anything. IANAL, but I presume that
by rspeer 12y ago
This claims to be a "software license" but it isn't one. It doesn't give you, the person reading the code, permission to do anything.
IANAL, but I presume that any code that anyone puts here has the same legal status as code you found in a repository with no license file at all. Unless someone fixes the license, you can't legitimately reuse any of its code anywhere else.
- andrewchambers 12y agowhat it really says is that there is no warrenty but perhaps the first few clauses render the whole thing questionable. We must test it in court to see if code can own itself.
- wwwhizz 12y agoCode is not a legal entity, only persons or organizations (consisting of persons) are legal entities, therefore code can not own itself.
- andrewchambers 12y agoI was joking. The question is if because that is invalid, if the disclaimer is invalid too.
- tajen 12y agoOtherwise a virus could have a license like: "All property contained in this virus is owned solely by this virus. By programming software with breaches, you agree to let this virus install itself. You may not uninstall the virus. In case of disagreement, you agree that the virus may sue you in court."
- Karunamon 12y agoIIRC, on Github, by posting code there, you've implicitly given the right to fork and modify the code. Yeah: https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service/#f-copyright-and-content-ownership https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service/#f-...