Well ... imho, the only safe way to handle such issues is to check whether there is an open sourced license clause in the source code. Only then you can safely use code after an account is expired.
I consider all my work as published under GPLv3, although not everywhere I included the license clause (I should definitely make work of it).
Regards Annabel
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On 10-02-04 03:07 PM, Jesse (Pathoschild) wrote:
Synchbot registers an account on every wiki in two minutes (faster with changes), which I wouldn't want in the hands of our crosswiki attack username vandals.
I didn't think you ran that from the toolserver, since that bot requires the user's login data.
Regardless, keep in mind that even if the code is freely licensed, there is no requirement for you to distribute it. Simply don't publish the code.
But now we get into questions of how to know which code should be published and which shouldn't be if the author is gone... Do we simply assume it can be redistributed safely unless there's a note in the header? I have a headache, I leave the pondering on this to others
- -Mike
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