On Wednesday 21 Dec 2011 23:12:38 full-english@live.co.uk 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.