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I read the terms of service. The language is as follows: >Any Content you post publicly, including issues, comments, and contributions to other Users' repositories, may be viewed by others. By setting your repositories to be viewed publicly, you agree to allow others to view and "fork" your repositories (this means that others may make their own copies of your Content in repositories they control). >If you set your pages and repositories to be viewed publicly, you grant each User of GitHub a nonexclusive, worldwide license to access your Content through the GitHub Service, and to use, display and perform your Content, and to reproduce your Content solely on GitHub as permitted through GitHub's functionality. You may grant further rights if you adopt a license. "Reproduce" is limited by "solely on github." I simply disagree with your analysis. I've read many hundreds and written dozens of software licenses - this is what I do for a living. Your argument, up to this point, is unpersuasive. I am always willing to change my opinion based on a persuasive argument or evidence, but you are not providing that - you are simply saying I am commenting on it "demeaningly." That is not a "responsive," argument, and, in this case, it is also false. Have you asked any lawyers about this? Or are you just relying on your interpretation? |
If the license under which I got the code from someone else specifies that I can only distribute the code or snippets if I am including the license header, then that causes an issue.
(I asked a family member who is a lawyer about that, and they agreed that this seems to be a problem. I’ve tried to get approval from all authors of the code I used to be on the safe side).
Specifically, the terms under which I licensed the code I put on GitHub from a third party include
> provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice; keep intact all notices stating that this License and any non-permissive terms added in accord with section 7 apply to the code; keep intact all notices of the absence of any warranty; and give all recipients a copy of this License along with the Program.
[EDIT] Due to "you are submitting too fast, please slow down", I will only answer questions on this comment via email.