On Wednesday 21 Dec 2011 23:12:38 [email protected] wrote: > >> Does anyone know what the usual procedure is if the code is > >> unlicensed? > > > > This will almost certainly vary by jurisdiction. In England and Wales at > > least (as far as I understand it) no code is "unlicensed" - copyright > > is automatic and there is just an implicit default licence which is > > restrictive (i.e. you can't copy it). This is why you should always > > stick a licence on your code, especially if you don't care who uses it > > ;-) > > Thanks Pete, I've contacted the author so I'll wait and see what he > says. Wandering slightly off topic do you know how things stand with > using/packaging "unlicensed" code (AUR/PKGBUILDS/Pkgs etc.). If the > default is restrictive then surely that would be prohibited as well?
Oh, well the AUR doesn't redistribute code, just scripts (which you write) for installing code and a link to upstream (this one way in which it differs from our binary repos). There's nothing wrong with putting a PKGBUILD in the AUR in your case, as far as I can see. HTH, Pete.
