From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kevin D Subject: Re: [PATCH] clone: Warn if clone lacks LICENSE or COPYING file Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:56:35 +0100 Message-ID: <20150326165635.GA14879@vps892.directvps.nl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Mar 26 17:56:49 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YbB5F-0006if-CE for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:56:41 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752171AbbCZQ4h (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Mar 2015 12:56:37 -0400 Received: from ikke.info ([178.21.113.177]:58677 "EHLO vps892.directvps.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752086AbbCZQ4g (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Mar 2015 12:56:36 -0400 Received: by vps892.directvps.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1EC891DCF6D; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:56:35 +0100 (CET) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 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/