Re:GitHub shouldn't allow AGPL project templates
by johnbellone on Sunday September 07, 2025 @07:13PM
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It is dangerous to allow project templates to have a copyleft license. Any project that uses it could be argued as a derivative work. For this behavior in your application it should be explicitly disallowed or at minimum a red dialog.
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Re:GitHub shouldn't allow AGPL project templates
by josephcsible on Sunday September 07, 2025 @07:47PM
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How is that dangerous? Isn't it a good thing, because it stops rug pulls?
Re:GitHub shouldn't allow AGPL project templates
by johnbellone on Sunday September 07, 2025 @08:21PM
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It’s about the workflow for project templates. If there were a warning when creating or cloning that is one thing. But a folder structure, config files for tools, potentially requires the whole project to be a derivative?
Re:GitHub shouldn't allow AGPL project templates
by evanjrowley on Sunday September 07, 2025 @10:10PM
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It is dangerous to allow project templates to have a copyright license. Any project that uses it will be a derivative work. For this behavior in your application it should be explicitly disallowed or at minimum a red dialog.