Re:No Terms. No Conditions
by j_bizzle on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @01:55PM
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It's almost like the most effective way to publish without T&Cs is to just, you know, omit the section and publish what you want without T&Cs.
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Re:No Terms. No Conditions
by terrabiped on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @02:55PM
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Interesting question. I wonder what would the default (implied) T&C is like if nothing is explicitly stated. For example, publishing a source code without an explicit license doesn't make it open source.
I guess it’d be whatever the other party’s lawyer can persuade the judge into.
Re:No Terms. No Conditions
by pocksuppet on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @11:17PM
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Most T&Cs don't mean anything anyway. There are no default T&Cs, there's just the law.
Publishing code without a license doesn't give it an "implicit all-rights-reserved license" - it's just illegal to copy because that's what copyright law says. A license is a conditional waiver of copyright law, a contract where the author promises not to enforce copyright against you if you fulfil certain conditions. (and this is legally binding so they actually can't enforce copyright against you)