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Re:MantaRay: Open-Source Ray Tracer by Vespasian on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @03:01AM (#32394995)
In this case you are technically not even allowed to check it out in most jurisdiction.

No license means no rights.

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Re:MantaRay: Open-Source Ray Tracer by dagw on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @04:39AM (#32395539)
From the Github docs: "If you publish your source code in a public repository on GitHub, according to the Terms of Service, other users of GitHub.com have the right to view and fork your repository."

So by using GitHub, he has implicitly 'signed over' some rights to other GitHub users.

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Re:MantaRay: Open-Source Ray Tracer by actionfromafar on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @07:11AM (#32396312)
But probably not redistribute.
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Re:MantaRay: Open-Source Ray Tracer by dark-star on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @03:07AM (#32395032)
If, by "most jurisdictions", you mean the US and maybe Canada/Australia...

Because in "most jurisdictions" it's not actually illegal to look at things that have no license

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Re:MantaRay: Open-Source Ray Tracer by AndrewDucker on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @08:15AM (#32396789)
"Checking out" something means making a copy of it, not just looking at it.
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Re:MantaRay: Open-Source Ray Tracer by zokier on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @03:54AM (#32395290)
Github ToS grants some permissions
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