Timeline for Why should the new code license be permissive instead of copyleft?
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| May 24, 2016 at 20:18 | comment | added | TRiG | @MarcoAurélioDeleu. Code (and everything else) on Stack Overflow (and the rest of Stack Exchange) is already under a copyleft licence. | |
| Jan 16, 2016 at 11:51 | comment | added | unor | @SimonKlaver: Correct, that’s generally the case. You have to follow the (copyleft) license if you publish the work somehow (offering for download, selling, sending per email, etc.). If you don’t intend to publish (e.g., it’s only for your own private use, or for internal use in your company, etc.), you don’t have to follow the license (you wouldn’t even have to attribute). | |
| Jan 16, 2016 at 11:39 | comment | added | Simon Klaver | So, for copyleft: If the software made is not meant to be published, it does not have to be? | |
| Jan 15, 2016 at 18:09 | answer | added | Thomas Owens | timeline score: 12 | |
| Jan 15, 2016 at 17:59 | comment | added | unor | @MarcoAurélioDeleu: Yes, I think we should keep using copyleft licenses (unless the majority of the community wants to switch, but that evidence doesn’t seem to exist yet). -- And yes, if anyone (not just Stack Overflow users; you can even end up getting code from SO without ever having visited the site) uses that code in their published software, they have to make it libre/open. If they want to keep their software proprietary, they would have to contact the code author and ask (or the author could dual-license it under a permissive license, e.g. stated in the user profile or in whatever way). | |
| Jan 15, 2016 at 17:50 | comment | added | Marco Aurélio Deleu | So with this question you're arguing that we should keep the copyleft model (or at least not change abruptly to permissive) and Stack Overflow users should only use Stack Overflow for open source projects? | |
| Jan 15, 2016 at 17:45 | comment | added | unor | @MarcoAurélioDeleu: Maybe the question What's the difference between permissive and copyleft licenses? can be of help. My own tl;dr: Alice wants to publish an app. She uses code posted to SE in this app. If the code is licensed under a permissive license, she may do so without allowing anyone else to see/use her app’s source code (to learn from it, to ask questions about it, …). If the code is licensed under a copyleft license, Alice has to publish her app under this (or a compatible) copyleft license, allowing others to see/use the source. | |
| Jan 15, 2016 at 17:36 | comment | added | Marco Aurélio Deleu | Can you add a TL;DR about what is copyleft and what is permissive license? | |
| Jan 15, 2016 at 17:21 | history | asked | unor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |