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Re:Is this my intellectual property legally? by maratd on Saturday September 29, 2012 @01:59PM (#4590312)
> OSTicket is open-source, which means your contributions are also open-source, which means you cannot prevent others from using your contributed code in any way they please.

To be fair, this really only applies to GPL licensed stuff and similar licenses. For example, if it's MIT licensed, I don't have to release any derivative works.

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Re:Is this my intellectual property legally? by lutusp on Saturday September 29, 2012 @03:33PM (#4590593)
> To be fair, this really only applies to GPL licensed stuff and similar licenses.

I think I made my use of the term "open source" clear in the context of the original, i.e. to refer to GPL.

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Re:Is this my intellectual property legally? by iamjason89 on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @11:36PM (#4610790)
i'm still very new to all the 'rules' so im trying to learn as much as i can. also, it's a pleasure to have you comment sir.
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