From: Kevin D <me@ikke.info>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 16:56:35 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clone: Warn if clone lacks LICENSE or COPYING file
Message-ID: <20150326165635.GA14879@vps892.directvps.nl>
In-Reply-To: <E1YZNn7-0002Lc-7O@rmm6prod02.runbox.com>

On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 02:06:33PM -0400, David A. Wheeler wrote:
> Warn cloners if there is no LICENSE* or COPYING* file that makes
> the license clear.  This is a useful warning, because if there is
> no license somewhere, then local copyright laws (which forbid many uses)
> and terms of service apply - and the cloner may not be expecting that.
> Many projects accidentally omit a license, so this is common enough to note.
> For more info on the issue, feel free to see:
> http://choosealicense.com/no-license/
> http://www.wired.com/2013/07/github-licenses/
> https://twitter.com/stephenrwalli/status/247597785069789184
> 

LWN article that lead to this patch: https://lwn.net/Articles/636261/