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Re:Show HN: Open-source Counter-Strike-like game by JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @02:00PM (#41916909)
That’s not a valid license. Without a file or statement in the repository, I guess it’s a proprietary piece of software that people cannot legally fork.
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Re:Show HN: Open-source Counter-Strike-like game by droideqa on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @08:17PM (#41920151)
It is public domain if there is no license.
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Re:Show HN: Open-source Counter-Strike-like game by recursive on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @08:26PM (#41920229)
That is not true.
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Re:Show HN: Open-source Counter-Strike-like game by droideqa on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @08:45PM (#41920383)
I checked; you are right.
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Re:Show HN: Open-source Counter-Strike-like game by ClassyJacket on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @05:25PM (#41929377)
The opposite is true. Even if you publish the source, if you don't add a licence, you still have full copyright and all rights to it.
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Re:Show HN: Open-source Counter-Strike-like game by account42 on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @08:17AM (#41924216)
Actully, the act of putting it on GitHub might be considered an implied license to clone and fork the project since those are normal GitHub functions. Still, an explicit open source license that also makes sure to grant those rights outside of GitHub would be better.
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