Re:Show HN: Bot accepts every pull request for its own code
by Karunamon on Friday April 10, 2015 @10:14AM
(#9354407)
IIRC, on Github, by posting code there, you've implicitly given the right to fork and modify the code.
Yeah: https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service/#f-...
Re:Show HN: Bot accepts every pull request for its own code
by andrewchambers on Friday April 10, 2015 @02:29AM
(#9352823)
what it really says is that there is no warrenty but perhaps the first few clauses render the whole thing questionable. We must test it in court to see if code can own itself.
Re:Show HN: Bot accepts every pull request for its own code
by wwwhizz on Friday April 10, 2015 @02:54AM
(#9352864)
Code is not a legal entity, only persons or organizations (consisting of persons) are legal entities, therefore code can not own itself.
Re:Show HN: Bot accepts every pull request for its own code
by andrewchambers on Friday April 10, 2015 @04:18AM
(#9353055)
I was joking. The question is if because that is invalid, if the disclaimer is invalid too.
Re:Show HN: Bot accepts every pull request for its own code
by tajen on Friday April 10, 2015 @06:56PM
(#9357569)
Otherwise a virus could have a license like: "All property contained in this virus is owned solely by this virus. By programming software with breaches, you agree to let this virus install itself. You may not uninstall the virus. In case of disagreement, you agree that the virus may sue you in court."
IANAL, but I presume that any code that anyone puts here has the same legal status as code you found in a repository with no license file at all. Unless someone fixes the license, you can't legitimately reuse any of its code anywhere else.