From 4b40ed20c4b331c8aacb53517f27a43294365d22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Lavender Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 10:01:26 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Link back to the front page for folks who want to license --- no-license.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/no-license.md b/no-license.md index b5f32f8..8057b51 100644 --- a/no-license.md +++ b/no-license.md @@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ You're under no obligation to choose a license and it's your right not to includ You'll have to check with your own legal counsel regarding your particular project, but generally speaking, the absence of a license means that 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. -Disallowing use of your code might not be what you intend by "no license." If your goal is to explicitly opt-out of copyright protections, try a public domain dedication like the [Unlicense](/licenses/unlicense/) or [CC0](/licenses/cc0). An open-source license allows reuse of your code while maintaining copyright. If you want to share your work with others, you must opt into it. +Disallowing use of your code might not be what you intend by "no license." If your goal is to explicitly opt-out of copyright protections, try a public domain dedication like the [Unlicense](/licenses/unlicense/) or [CC0](/licenses/cc0). Alternately, an [open-source license](/) allows reuse of your code while maintaining copyright. If you want to share your work with others, you must opt into it. Even in the absence of a license file, you may grant some rights in cases where you publish your source code to a site that requires accepting terms of service. For example, if you publish your source code in a public repository on GitHub, you have accepted the [Terms of Service](https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service) which do allow other GitHub users some rights. Specifically, you allow others to view and fork your repository.