From 140c1e2700a4748bb170332c355adf510c370fe0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Phil Haack Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 20:30:04 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Linking to GitHub's TOS --- no-license.html | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/no-license.html b/no-license.html index 06b69b1..a9cf893 100644 --- a/no-license.html +++ b/no-license.html @@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] In the absence of a license file, the default copyright laws apply. This means that you retain all rights to your source code and that nobody else may reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from your work. This might not be what you intend.

- However, even in the absence of a license file, if you publish your source code in a public repository on GitHub, you have accepted the Terms of Service which do allow others some rights. Specifically, you allow others to view and fork your repository. But they still don’t have the rights to reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works. + However, even in the absence of a license file, if you publish your source code in a public repository on GitHub, you have accepted the Terms of Service which do allow others some rights. Specifically, you allow others to view and fork your repository. But they still don’t have the rights to reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works.

So if you do want to share your work with others, please do consider choosing an open source license such as one of the ones featured on this site.

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