mGBA crerator didnt use a license that requiere to be credited. Too bad for him... He should have used BSD 3-clauses instead of MPLMeh, to be honest, this is more about me being upset at current FOSS culture. I read an article about how the creator of mGBA was upset that her free software was used in a commercial Switch release without credit, and it made me realize the software isn’t truly free. None of it is.
Depends on where you are. In the US, you could just make it public domain and then it's just free real estate, nobody cares. In Germany and (AFAIK) France, however, there is no such thing as public domain, because the creator is not able to drop or transmit the copyright, you can only grant the right of usage - which is why licenses like the WTFPL exist, they just acknowledge the copyright and grant everyone else the right to do what the fuck you want to with the code (using CC0 is probably the safer options in legalese terms, though).Just wondering, is it legal to release software anonymously
When you're an employee, what you'd been tasked to create is your employer's to use by law. You're still the creator and you cannot get rid of that. Though it's still your choice to use your right to be credited explicitly.you can only grant the right of usage
Well it not having a license means Debian won't ever use it, and neither will any commercial firm. It's not clear to me whether you want to permit ED to package up your code with Pyra OS for example.Why exactly does code come with a licence?
I never add any of this bullshit.
I wrote it, its mine, fuck you.
Say, what stops me from taking random code from the net, delete any licence **** in it, paste the copyleft note in and then claim it was always like it and use it in my commercial stuff?
I mean, i am the victim here, the source i downloaded from lied to me.
Oh you made this? It had a different licence before? I lied? Have fun proving that in court little ****
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Binky said:Edit: Your slurs are uncalled for, and I value civil discussion - Binky
elw3 said:FOSS ****
Even if you're anonymous, the copyright still exists (and unless otherwise specified, it means people aren't allowed to do anything with your work). Unless you use your copyright to grant permissions, nobody who's trying to do things legally will use your code.We only have two options right now, use your copyright to grant freedoms to people, or waive your copyright, but get them caught up in a bunch of other legal BS instead. I guess I would do the former over the latter in a pinch, but what I really want to do is just make free software without worrying about copyrights. I think going anonymous is the only solution to that.
Even if you really were the victim, they can still make you stop using it in your products, breaking all the work you built up around it.Say, what stops me from taking random code from the net, delete any licence **** in it, paste the copyleft note in and then claim it was always like it and use it in my commercial stuff?
I mean, i am the victim here, the source i downloaded from lied to me.
Oh you made this? It had a different licence before? I lied? Have fun proving that in court little ****.
How? By court order? Can you explain why a company violates your rights? Yes?Even if you really were the victim, they can still make you stop using it in your products, breaking all the work you built up around it.