Timeline for Reusing open-source code that doesn’t specify a license
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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| Nov 1, 2018 at 18:46 | comment | added | David Schwartz | @Macke What you have is the right to use the work in the ordinary, expected way. In other words, it is free to use. If you make copies of your poem and drop them from an airplane (analogous to putting code on the Internet for anyone to download) you absolutely can't go around charging people who read your poem or use your code with copyright infringement. In the United States, use is a right of possession. This is why you don't need a license to read the books in your library. | |
| Nov 1, 2018 at 16:07 | comment | added | Macke | @DavidSchwartz Well, you can look at a photo but you don't own the rights to use it in your own ads. Therein lies the difference. | |
| Nov 1, 2018 at 9:46 | comment | added | David Schwartz | This is the absolute opposite of the truth. Yes, giving people copies of a work grants them the freedom to use that work. Were that not so, how could you possibly browse the web? All you have are copies of the pages on the Internet, how can you use those web pages without a license? | |
| Aug 12, 2013 at 9:12 | history | edited | Macke | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 12, 2013 at 8:54 | comment | added | Radu Murzea | For future readers: DWTHYWWI = Do What The Hell You Want With It. | |
| Aug 12, 2013 at 7:08 | history | answered | Macke | CC BY-SA 3.0 |