From: Kevin D <me@ikke.info>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: git <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clone: Warn if clone lacks LICENSE or COPYING file
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:56:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150326165635.GA14879@vps892.directvps.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1YZNn7-0002Lc-7O@rmm6prod02.runbox.com>
On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 02:06:33PM -0400, David A. Wheeler wrote:
> Warn cloners if there is no LICENSE* or COPYING* file that makes
> the license clear. This is a useful warning, because if there is
> no license somewhere, then local copyright laws (which forbid many uses)
> and terms of service apply - and the cloner may not be expecting that.
> Many projects accidentally omit a license, so this is common enough to note.
> For more info on the issue, feel free to see:
> http://choosealicense.com/no-license/
> http://www.wired.com/2013/07/github-licenses/
> https://twitter.com/stephenrwalli/status/247597785069789184
>
LWN article that lead to this patch: https://lwn.net/Articles/636261/
prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-26 16:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-21 18:06 [PATCH] clone: Warn if clone lacks LICENSE or COPYING file David A. Wheeler
2015-03-21 20:21 ` Dennis Kaarsemaker
2015-03-22 4:20 ` Stefan Beller
2015-03-22 4:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-23 16:46 ` David A. Wheeler
2015-03-23 21:00 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2015-03-22 17:56 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2015-04-03 21:18 ` David A. Wheeler
2015-04-03 21:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-26 16:56 ` Kevin D [this message]
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