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Re:I've Just Liberated My Modules by lmm on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @06:20AM (#11343213)
> Granted the license is WTFPL but does that include taking over the IP itself?

In some jurisdictions you have "moral rights" in addition to your copyright - but even in those, I'd expect the WTFPL constitutes a license to falsely claim authorship of the covered code. I mean, the text pretty clearly authorizes you to do so on its face, and courts lean pretty strongly towards reading words under their plain, normal meanings. IANAL.

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Re:I've Just Liberated My Modules by icebraining on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @11:26AM (#11345313)
IANAL either, but moral rights are often (usually?) inalienable, so I doubt any license can waive them in those jurisdictions.

That said, I don't think "un-unpublishing" code (even under your own account) is the same as claiming ownership, just redistribution.

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