revOnline and Open Source

[Richard Gaskin]

Thomas McGrath III wrote:

 > Copyright Law aside, Isn't revOnline a place to openly 'share' code
 > with other users. In fact what other purpose does revOnline perform?
 > Doesn't the idea of sharing code openly in a public space enough to
 > declare it as public? Or is that presuming too much?

Sharing code is sharing code, but it helps to define the terms under 
which it's shared.  Otherwise we have no way to know if the intention 
was GPL, CC, MIT, public domain, or something else.

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