Re:Winamp Legacy player source code
by joshribakoff on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @09:58AM
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So someone steals my source code and posts it on GitHub, now i no longer have copyright rights?
The duty is on the copier to ensure they are granted a license.
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That's obviously not the case. GitHub even has their DMCA takedowns public. You can't redistribute copyrighted material unless it's under a license that allows for it.
Open source projects on GitHub rely on D6 section of GitHub TOS. That is the part where a user declares that when s/he makes a contribution to a project, s/he does so under repository license. Also that you have right to do so (e.g. when you are on employer clock, your employer must agree).
It's not just a duty of copier to ensure they are granted a license. Legal stuff is never clear cut, but if someone agreed to TOS, it should be generally (that's a funny word that can mean anything) safe to assume that s/he does abide by it.
In this case, there is an obvious conflict and when there are two conflicting clasuses... that's fun for laywers.