Comment by noosphr
7 hours ago
>Re-licensing public domain work as GPL/LGPL is almost certainly a copyright violation
Remember kids never get your legal advice from hn comments.
7 hours ago
>Re-licensing public domain work as GPL/LGPL is almost certainly a copyright violation
Remember kids never get your legal advice from hn comments.
I hire specialized IP lawyers to advise me how to mitigate risk: One can't assign licenses on something no one can legally claim right to. You should do the same unless you live in India or China.
Don't become the cautionary tale kid, as crawlers like sriplaw.com will be DMCA striking your public repos eventually. =3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkzy_420hts