Is GitHub code copyrighted?
When you put code on GitHub, you retain all the copyright to your code. However, you do grant GitHub a license to host the code, and you also allow GitHub users a set of rights – namely the ability to look at, and fork your repository.
How do I request pull on GitHub?
On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository. In the “Branch” menu, choose the branch that contains your commits. Above the list of files, click Pull request.
Which license can I use for my GitHub projects which disallow commercial use?
So the CC license is probably the best, if you’re set on no commercial use. By default creating a new project on Github that is public and without any explicit license terms falls under the “All rights reserved” category.
Which license should I use for GitHub?
We, the Free Software Foundation, use the GNU General Public License for most of our software; it applies also to any other work released this way by its authors. You can apply it to your programs, too.
How to make your first pull request on GitHub?
Create pull request Go to your repository on GitHub and you’ll see a button “Compare & pull request” and click it. Please provide necessary details on what you’ve done (You can reference issues using “#”). Now submit the pull request. Congratulations! You’ve made your first pull request.
Do you retain copyright to your code on GitHub?
When you put code on GitHub, you retain all the copyright to your code. However, you do grant GitHub a license to host the code, and you also allow GitHub users a set of rights – namely the ability to look at, and fork your repository.
Is it common practice to add license to GitHub repository?
It seems common practice to add one file, LICENSE, to a repository that should (hopefully) cover all of the repository’s code. I have found very different opinions as to how this is actually true.
When to file a DCMA request with GitHub?
In the case where a person is in blatant violation of a license (say, by stealing someone’s code and claiming it as their own), then the original writer of that code may file a DCMA request with GitHub to remove that code. This has happened with the oh-my-fish project, since that code was found to be in violation of the MIT License.