Licensing of code and JAR files shared here.

[JakeBullet70]

I recently put out an open source project that included a JAR file - Webviewsettings from @warwound

GitHub - jakebullet70/HomeCentral: Touch Screen lifestyle app for your home

Touch Screen lifestyle app for your home. Contribute to jakebullet70/HomeCentral development by creating an account on GitHub.

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(unless I get explicit permission I will have to remove it. @warwound , if your read this do you care if I use it?)

Anyway, there was a question from one of the Open Source repositories on licensing of the JAR files and such from the members here.
I personally assume that if we share code and such here its OK with all of us to use and distributing it in compiled form.

So what is the license status of shared code snippets here? (MIT, Apache, WTFPL)

IE: In the FOSS world, No explicit license means "all rights reserved", which means its a non FOSS - not open source.

 

[aeric]

So what is the license status of shared code snippets here? (MIT, Apache, WTFPL)

If I remember correctly, Erel once said all the code shared on this forum if not mention explicitly by the author will be under Creative Common license. Not sure if it has been changed over time.

 

[JakeBullet70]

If I remember correctly, Erel once said all the code shared on this forum if not mention explicitly by the author will be under Creative Common license. Not sure if it has been changed over time.

I thought there was something like that but did not remember. I am lucky I remember my name when I get up in the morning...

 

[aeric]

I thought there was something like that but did not remember. I am lucky I remember my name when I get up in the morning...

When I forgot my name, I login to github and read my name on profile page.

 

[peacemaker]

IMPORTANT NOTICE about libraries license

By default libraries created and shared by forum members are licensed under creative commons CC BY 3.0 license: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Developers can choose a different license if they desire.

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[aeric]

When we use the Build Standalone Package from the IDE for distribution, inside the "build" directory, there is a "legal" directory which I believe contains the opened sourced Java, JavaFX, OpenJDK license files that we should distribute together.
I think this applies to .exe, .deb or .pkg, not for jar file.
Edit: As the distributor of the installer or finished product provider, we should attach an additional license file somewhere visible to the End User.