Timeline for is it okay to remove copyright info from a free, open source API even if you are explicitly told not to do so? [closed]
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| Dec 28, 2012 at 19:54 | history | closed | CommunityBot Yusubov Walter Robert Harvey | not constructive | |
| Dec 28, 2012 at 4:37 | comment | added | Loren Pechtel | I think you are confusing the notion of open source with copyright. Making something open source does NOT remove your copyright to it! | |
| Dec 27, 2012 at 22:04 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Dec 27, 2012 at 20:21 | comment | added | Kenzo | This is the MIT license, at least a very common form of it. | |
| Dec 27, 2012 at 20:08 | comment | added | Keith Thompson | @delnan: It depends on the context. If I tell you not to wear shoes, you don't need a good reason, or any reason at all, to wear shoes, unless I'm in some position of authority over you. In this case, though, I'd say the copyright holder has excellent grounds for telling recipients not to do X, X being removing the copyright notice. | |
| Dec 27, 2012 at 19:54 | comment | added | ott-- | If you remove it, you also remove the NO WARRANTY - meaning that you take the full warranty. This alone should freak you out. | |
| Dec 27, 2012 at 19:53 | answer | added | Tilak | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 27, 2012 at 19:49 | comment | added | Robert Harvey | So you're asking us for permission to be a douche? | |
| Dec 27, 2012 at 19:42 | answer | added | user40980 | timeline score: 5 | |
| Dec 27, 2012 at 19:37 | answer | added | Michael Kohne | timeline score: 17 | |
| Dec 27, 2012 at 19:27 | comment | added | user7043 | If you're explicitly told not to do X, then you better have damn good reasons to do X, regardless of what the court says (if it's even involved). | |
| Dec 27, 2012 at 19:25 | comment | added | user40980 | I would suggest reading Circular 92 Chapter 5 section 506(d) of the Copyright law. | |
| Dec 27, 2012 at 19:21 | comment | added | Timo Geusch | Why do you want to remove the copyright notice in the first place? | |
| Dec 27, 2012 at 19:20 | comment | added | CodesInChaos | When distributing software you need a license from the author. The main point that's unclear is how a court would calculate damages. | |
| Dec 27, 2012 at 19:19 | comment | added | Jeffery Thomas | IANAL: The text says you can modify it any way except for removing the copyright notice. My guess is that removing the copyright notice is not a good idea. | |
| Dec 27, 2012 at 19:16 | history | asked | John Smith | CC BY-SA 3.0 |