• Cethin@lemmy.zip
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    1 month ago

    Am I just bad at reading? It says the right to make changes is granted to everyone one Earth. That would include the last person to make a commit as well, assuming they’re a citizen of Earth. I’m sure what you’re saying is what it’s supposed to say, but it isn’t actually what it says.

    • mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 month ago

      All rights reserved by…, except the right to commit to this repository.

      Being a legal license it requires much more rigorous and clear statement

      • stankmut@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        You can’t just ignore the second part of that sentence which gives the right to make commits to all citizens of earth. That would include the person who wrote the last commit.

          • MartianSands@sh.itjust.works
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            1 month ago

            I’m pretty sure it means exactly what it says, but you lot are all misreading it.

            I interpret it as “all rights, except the right to commit, are reserved” (which doesn’t mean you surrender the right to commit, but rather that it’s the only right you aren’t depriving everyone else of)