[License-discuss] [Board-plus] Open source license chooser choosealicense.com launched.

[Gervase Markham]

On 15/07/13 19:04, Bruno F. Souza wrote:
> So, basically, they are saying you can fork the repository, but you
> don't have any rights to "reproduce or create derivative works".
> Seems directly contradictory...

It's not contradictory - normally, no license means no reproduction, but
if you are on Github, then you've given everyone that right (so, in a
sense, you do have a licence).

However, it's not contradictory, but it is dumb - because what's the
point of being able to "view and fork" a repository if you don't have
the right to make derivative works? Or distribute them to others?

(Or it could be that that's not a full summary of what the Github
licence allows.)

Gerv