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by kuschku 3395 days ago
GitHub asks for a right to distribute unattributed snippets of the code for the search in the ToS.

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.

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> GitHub asks for a right to distribute unattributed snippets of the code for the search in the ToS.

Source?