Help, I'm thinking of joining this video game development club, but they release source code without including a license 🤮 (github.com)

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[-] davel@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 months ago

If they’ve been doing this for years, then they must have their reasons for retaining the rights. I would ask them what those reasons are.

[-] ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

If you publish a project under the organization can't you include a license yourself? The people running the organization might not know or understand the benefits of releasing with a license. It could be a good opportunity to teach them why releasing code with open source and copyleft licenses is important.

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