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lanceseidman / PiCAST

PiCAST turns your $35 Raspberry Pi in to a Chromecast like Device.
https://munchron.com
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please add a LICENSE file #3

Closed willkg closed 11 years ago

willkg commented 11 years ago

It isn't open source until you distribute the code under an open source license. Please add a LICENSE file.

troglobit commented 11 years ago

+1

There's a bunch of them out there. Personally I use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISC_license whenever I can.

lanceseidman commented 11 years ago

It looks pretty open to me but I hear you, I just haven't gotten to it. Lot of complaints I have been trying to resolve.

I will definitely get something up, I am likely to use the BSD License or Apache but I will see what revisions have been made to those licenses first and will take a look at what troglobit linked me to.

Thanks guys!

willkg commented 11 years ago

To clarify, it's not open if it's not distributed under an open source license. The only way we know if it's distributed under an open source license is if you explicitly state that it is. This is usually done by providing a LICENSE or COPYING file. If you don't, then it's standard copyright and we have no rights to it whatsoever. It's not sufficient to just throw code on Github.

lanceseidman commented 11 years ago

I am sorry, I was actually kidding. I should be more serious. But thank you. But I have 0 copyrights, trademarks, patents, so rest assure & feel free to do what you like in the meantime. I will definitely get the License up.

I'll call it the willkg LAW.

willkg commented 11 years ago

That's actually not true... In the US, you own the copyright on everything you write. You can register that copyright with the Copyright Office which makes it easier to sue for copyright violations but you don't have to. So you have a lot of copyrighted material.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright#Obtaining_and_enforcing_copyright

Regardless, thank you for adding a LICENSE and allowing everyone to use and interact with your work!

lanceseidman commented 11 years ago

I should be more clear, I am stating I do not have a copyright nor other legal rights registered nor pending to the project. Of course I could register them but I have 0 plans to and haven't done so nor ever will. I believe in transparency, especially now days and what Google is doing is not the same footsteps I want to head in, EVER. I appreciate you keeping me informed either way and clarifying everything for me, thank you!

Also I am glad you're happy a license exists and you're very much welcome!