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kelnos on July 1, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Open source body quits GitHub, urges you to do the...

In most jurisdictions, copyright is automatic. If you put no license on the code, the default is "all rights reserved"; that is, no one can do anything with it.

blueflow on July 1, 2022 | [–]

Yes, that's my intention, almost: no one can legally do anything with it. Private persons usually ignore these laws generally and get away with it.

Kye on July 1, 2022 | [–]

The fair use Microsoft thinks it has would still apply. Good luck going up against the lawyers who signed off on this.

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