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source code is all written from scratch and it is free for anybody

JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B 2y ago
That’s not a valid license. Without a file or statement in the repository, I guess it’s a proprietary piece of software that people cannot legally fork.
- droideqa 2y ago
  It is public domain if there is no license.
  - ClassyJacket 2y ago
    The opposite is true. Even if you publish the source, if you don't add a licence, you still have full copyright and all rights to it.
  - recursive 2y ago
    That is not true.
    - droideqa 2y ago
      I checked; you are right.
- account42 2y ago
  Actully, the act of putting it on GitHub might be considered an implied license to clone and fork the project since those are normal GitHub functions. Still, an explicit open source license that also makes sure to grant those rights outside of GitHub would be better.
sqeaky 2y ago
So this code is free!? So I can take it and reuse it exactly as is and claim it's my own and sell it on Steam for $60 a pop? So I can take it and use your name that is surely somewhere in the code and fill it with swastikas and hate speech and say that this represents your views? Or more reasonably since I don't see a license this is copy written reserving All Rights and anything said here is just a trap you're just waiting for me to do something cool with it then hit me with a lawsuit and take my money, right? But more seriously head over to the open source initiative read up on a couple of licenses and pick one. Almost any license will prevent people from using your name but let other people use the code if that's a thing you want. If you just want to protect your name and let people use the code for whatever even making money consider an MIT or BSD Style license. If you want (to protect your name and for) other people to be able to use the code but need to share their changes consider a GPL style license. This will complicate other people making money but doesn't strictly prohibit it. If you don't want (the previous stuff and for) other people to be able to prevent people from selling it you might want to use something like a Creative Commons non-commercial license, I won't be perfect but there are flowcharts you can follow to figure out which license works for you.
- airstrike 2y ago
  > So I can take it and use your name that is surely somewhere in the code and fill it with swastikas and hate speech and say that this represents your views? That has nothing to do with the game being free. If you dedicate source code to public domain and someone slaps swastikas on it, it doesn't represent OP's views all of a sudden
  - sqeaky 2y ago
    It was hyperbole, exaggeration for inflated effect, unlikely but within the realm of technically poossible. More likely people just won't use it without a license.
- dankwizard 2y ago
  You've never worked in open source and it shows
kurisufag 2y ago
this may be what you're looking for http://www.wtfpl.net/about/ http://www.wtfpl.net/about/
- wyldfire 2y ago
  Don't use that license, use something similar like MIT, BSD or Apache instead.
  - kurisufag 2y ago
    would you mind pointing out why? those are very dissimilar licenses in the sense that wtfpl is basically a cute way of putting something into the public domain, while MIT et. al. do actually have (albeit minor and reasonable) restrictions on the conduct of people using the code.
    - poizan42 2y ago
      There is no disclaimer of liability and implied warranty. You may be on the hook for damages if someone uses your code under the WTFPL and there is a bug that causes them to lose money.
    - leni536 2y ago
      You can use zero-clause BSD[1] or MIT no-attribution[2]. [1] https://opensource.org/license/0bsd https://opensource.org/license/0bsd [2] https://opensource.org/license/mit-0 https://opensource.org/license/mit-0
  - dokyun 2y ago
    WTFPL is a fine license. It's even FSF approved.
    - josephcsible 2y ago
      The FSF certifies that it's a free software license that's compatible with the GPL, but they recommend against using it: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#WTFPL https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#WTFPL
gitaarik 2y ago
If you want the code to stay free you better add a free software license, that's what these licenses are made for, to preserve the freedom of the code. Otherwise others can take your code and make it propietary and add their propietary license to it.
- account42 2y ago
  No, without a license others are not allowed to take the code at all.
  - gitaarik 2y ago
    Aha yeah true

That’s not a valid license. Without a file or statement in the repository, I guess it’s a proprietary piece of software that people cannot legally fork.

droideqa 2y ago
It is public domain if there is no license.
- ClassyJacket 2y ago
  The opposite is true. Even if you publish the source, if you don't add a licence, you still have full copyright and all rights to it.
- recursive 2y ago
  That is not true.
  - droideqa 2y ago
    I checked; you are right.
account42 2y ago
Actully, the act of putting it on GitHub might be considered an implied license to clone and fork the project since those are normal GitHub functions. Still, an explicit open source license that also makes sure to grant those rights outside of GitHub would be better.

sqeaky 2y ago

So this code is free!? So I can take it and reuse it exactly as is and claim it's my own and sell it on Steam for $60 a pop? So I can take it and use your name that is surely somewhere in the code and fill it with swastikas and hate speech and say that this represents your views? Or more reasonably since I don't see a license this is copy written reserving All Rights and anything said here is just a trap you're just waiting for me to do something cool with it then hit me with a lawsuit and take my money, right? But more seriously head over to the open source initiative read up on a couple of licenses and pick one. Almost any license will prevent people from using your name but let other people use the code if that's a thing you want. If you just want to protect your name and let people use the code for whatever even making money consider an MIT or BSD Style license. If you want (to protect your name and for) other people to be able to use the code but need to share their changes consider a GPL style license. This will complicate other people making money but doesn't strictly prohibit it. If you don't want (the previous stuff and for) other people to be able to prevent people from selling it you might want to use something like a Creative Commons non-commercial license, I won't be perfect but there are flowcharts you can follow to figure out which license works for you.

airstrike 2y ago
> So I can take it and use your name that is surely somewhere in the code and fill it with swastikas and hate speech and say that this represents your views? That has nothing to do with the game being free. If you dedicate source code to public domain and someone slaps swastikas on it, it doesn't represent OP's views all of a sudden
- sqeaky 2y ago
  It was hyperbole, exaggeration for inflated effect, unlikely but within the realm of technically poossible. More likely people just won't use it without a license.
dankwizard 2y ago
You've never worked in open source and it shows

kurisufag 2y ago

this may be what you're looking for http://www.wtfpl.net/about/ http://www.wtfpl.net/about/

wyldfire 2y ago
Don't use that license, use something similar like MIT, BSD or Apache instead.
- kurisufag 2y ago
  would you mind pointing out why? those are very dissimilar licenses in the sense that wtfpl is basically a cute way of putting something into the public domain, while MIT et. al. do actually have (albeit minor and reasonable) restrictions on the conduct of people using the code.
  - poizan42 2y ago
    There is no disclaimer of liability and implied warranty. You may be on the hook for damages if someone uses your code under the WTFPL and there is a bug that causes them to lose money.
  - leni536 2y ago
    You can use zero-clause BSD[1] or MIT no-attribution[2]. [1] https://opensource.org/license/0bsd https://opensource.org/license/0bsd [2] https://opensource.org/license/mit-0 https://opensource.org/license/mit-0
- dokyun 2y ago
  WTFPL is a fine license. It's even FSF approved.
  - josephcsible 2y ago
    The FSF certifies that it's a free software license that's compatible with the GPL, but they recommend against using it: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#WTFPL https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#WTFPL

gitaarik 2y ago

If you want the code to stay free you better add a free software license, that's what these licenses are made for, to preserve the freedom of the code. Otherwise others can take your code and make it propietary and add their propietary license to it.

account42 2y ago
No, without a license others are not allowed to take the code at all.
- gitaarik 2y ago
  Aha yeah true