Can it be an open source project?

[evandrocoan]

Searching through the repository I cannot find any mention to open source licence. By this project being on Github, I am allowed to fork it by the Github TOS (Terms Of Service). However I am not allowed to create derivative works from it (pull requests). Meaning I cannot fork this repository, change its code and perform pull requests without the danger/liability of being prosecuted by violating the All rights reserved copyright granted by berne convention law.

For example, the prime theme for Sublime Text has the licence following open source licence:

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 Karel Vuong

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

1. https://github.com/karelvuong/st-primer/blob/master/LICENSE

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Related issues:

1. https://github.com/gamcoh/QuickEdit/issues/2 Can it be an open source project?
2. https://github.com/SublimeText/LaTeXTools/issues/1175 Can it be an open source project?

[robertcollier4]

I have added Kristinita, Bobsans, evandrocoan as collaborators on the project. I have also added Unlicense. I am currently travelling and so the new collaborators can update the project if possible.

[evandrocoan]

@robertcollier4, I checked the regjump 1.1 license and it prohibits distribution or use by scripts without a commercial license. To see this licence download the jumpreg.zip on https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/regjump and reald eula.txt inside it.

A commercial license is required to use the software in any way not covered above, including for example: 

    * Redistributing the software in any manner, including by computer 
      media, a file server, an email attachment, etc. 
    * Embedding the software in or linking it to another program including internal applications, scripts, batch files, etc.
    * Use of the software for technical support on customer computers 

[robertcollier4]

The newer version of RegJump has a more restrictive license not allowing its redistribution. How about we just stick with the older version of RegJump which allowed redistribution as long as you included its eula with it? Or use another tool (not tested) such as http://www.eolsoft.com/freeware/registry_jumper/

Update: the only addition in RegJump 1.1 seems to be the addition of a -c switch, not needed here so whats the use in updating to 1.1 the more restrictive license version? I say stick with the older version which allows redistribution with the eula. "Console tool Regjump 1.1 gains a -c switch, requesting it to open Regedit to the path stored in the clipboard." (https://betanews.com/2015/04/21/sysinternals-announces-sysmon-3-0-autoruns-13-3-regjump-1-1-process-monitor-3-11/)

[evandrocoan]

I read the this version eula, but I could not understand how it does allow redistribution:

You may not:

* work around any technical limitations in the binary versions of the software;
* reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the binary versions of the software, except and only to the extent that 
applicable law expressly permits, despite this limitation;
* make more copies of the software than specified in this agreement or allowed by applicable law, despite this limitation;
* publish the software for others to copy;
* rent, lease or lend the software;
* transfer the software or this agreement to any third party; or
* use the software for commercial software hosting services.

I looked into the other software and its last update was from 2.0 (20 July 2005). Also, its license states it must be distributed on its original form, so it would apply shipping the zip file and unpacking it after installing the package.

[robertcollier4]

Perhaps then RegJump.exe should be removed and instructions in the README to download it correctly to the project_path.

[Bobsans]

Hello. I have a suggestion to replace regjump.exe with self-made. If necessary i will write.

[robertcollier4]

https://superuser.com/a/276844 - Nircmd too can do it.

Open the desired Registry key/value in RegEdit
nircmd.exe regedit "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion" "CommonFilesDir"

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html - "This utility is released as freeware. You are allowed to freely distribute this utility via floppy disk, CD-ROM, Internet, or in any other way, as long as you don't charge anything for this. If you distribute this utility, you must include all files in the distribution package, without any modification"