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 >
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