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Re:New GitHub Terms of Service require removing many open-so... by matthewmacleod on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @05:23PM (#13769134)
As one example, "display" isn't made contingent on attribution.

That's fine, but in general these software licenses do not cover "display", they cover _distribution_. If you consider "using code in a movie hacking UI" to be distribution, then you would already have been bound by the license. If you don't, then you're not. Nothing changes.

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Re:New GitHub Terms of Service require removing many open-so... by dragonwriter on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @07:14PM (#13770105)
> That's fine, but in general these software licenses do not cover "display", they cover _distribution_.

Yes, that means that "display", insofar as that corresponds to a copyright-protected exclusive right like performance, is not licensed by the license, and (if you aren't the original copyright holder) you have no authority to grant a sublicense to GitHub that covers display.

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