GitHub improves code licensing

[Christian Kalkhoff]

Hi,

in an other thread on this list I mentioned a study [1] on GitHub which
stated, that tons of code there is not properly licensed and therfore
unusable for anybody.

As H-Online writes today [2], GitHub now makes a license selectable on
new project creation.

I am not sure what that means for the files, but it sure will improve
the awareness for licensing for anybody using GitHub.

Best,
Christian

[1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/18/github_licensing_study/
[2]
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/GitHub-gets-smart-over-open-source-licences-1918463.html

[David Gerard]

Post by Christian Kalkhoff
in an other thread on this list I mentioned a study [1] on GitHub which
stated, that tons of code there is not properly licensed and therfore
unusable for anybody.
As H-Online writes today [2], GitHub now makes a license selectable on
new project creation.

Simon Phipps from OSI has also noted it in his Infoworld column:

https://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/github-finally-takes-open-source-licenses-seriously-222708

So, nice one all round.


- d.