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Re:Open source license usage on GitHub by zanny on Monday March 09, 2015 @04:40PM (#9173893)
I have to expect that the TOS of Github supersedes default copyright, since you are intentionally uploading your files to the service. You have to agree to that TOS to do so, and that TOS forfeits presumed copyright assumptions for public repositories.
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Re:Open source license usage on GitHub by justincormack on Monday March 09, 2015 @06:00PM (#9174503)
No, it cannot legally do that.
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Re:Open source license usage on GitHub by zanny on Monday March 09, 2015 @06:50PM (#9174623)
You cannot willingly transfer information to a second party and agree to terms that make you partially forfeit copyright so they can enable others to see or modify the information you gave them? Then what the hell is every Facebook post ever that the company mines for personal information? Thats in their TOS, and you agree to it by posting to their service.
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Re:Open source license usage on GitHub by fnordfnordfnord on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @11:16AM (#9178155)
Do you have some support for that statement or are do we just have to trust you?
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Re:Open source license usage on GitHub by andrewchambers on Monday March 09, 2015 @09:46PM (#9175491)
The right to fork is not the same as the right to sell derivatives.
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