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Re:I do not agree with Github's use of copyrighted code as t... by Denvercoder9 on Saturday July 03, 2021 @06:43PM (#27725595)
The conventional definition of "open source" is software licensed under a OSI-approved license.
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Re:I do not agree with Github's use of copyrighted code as t... by krono on Saturday July 03, 2021 @08:11PM (#27726105)
Does that mean general copyright does not apply to unlicensed open source software? Do any legal precedents exist related to this?

I'm honestly curious now.

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Re:I do not agree with Github's use of copyrighted code as t... by jefftk on Saturday July 03, 2021 @10:01PM (#27726728)
"unlicensed open source software" isn't really a thing. If you push something to GitHub with no license it's source-available, not open source.
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