I don't know whether this question should have come in this platform or not but I wanted to ask that let us say I made a github repository which was public. Now another person who has no relation with me downloaded the code, edited it and posted it in play store. I found out that this app which is in play store was my one of the github repositories with some edit. So should I issue a copyright or something or is it fine I should not do anything?
PS: This hasn't happened with me in real. I was just having fear of my repository being used by other but I guess they are so bad that no one would like to use them. Another thing is that pls don't comment that you should make your repositories private.
Any help will be appreciated.
If you are making you repo public you yourself are permitting others to use it. But to prevent misuse of your code and work there are open source licenses available that you can add to your public repo that will put some restrictions on its usage.
More info can be found here:
https://docs.github.com/en/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/licensing-a-repository
https://opensource.guide/legal/
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I have heard that, product based companies will look for what we have done outside of projects and also looking for the github profile.
In the meantime, I have created an automation application which addresses the specific requirement (Timesheet) in our organization. So, I thought of uploading this one too.
I have also done the screen cast and uploaded it to YouTube for adding in the profile (Resume).
This exact tool is not useful for all the people , but useful for the people in our organization, in which they can edit/contribute more.
Now I am having the question like, can I upload this kind of the code to GitHub?
Thanks.
Yes, you can.
Code on GitHub does not have to be useful to other people. You can push code there even if it is only useful to you or people in your organization.
You could also use a private repository if you do not want other people to see the code.
See: https://github.com/pricing
Hello I'm new to Github/Gist and I want to use this code, but I need to modify it a little bit. Can i just fork this code and modify it to use it for my own projects? Or do i have to link to the author etc.? Here is the link: https://gist.github.com/learncodeacademy/777349747d8382bfb722
Thank you!
Github repositories are meant to be forked. You don't have to ask an author for permission. Anyway, the gist you linked to has already been forked 30 times.
When you are using a forked repository.It shows up as "forked from xyz". So attribution is automatic. But if you want to, you can always give an extra credit to the author by mentioning it specifically.
Forking a repository on Github, creates an individual copy of the code. This feature is meant to encourage collaboration as well as allow you to experiment with the repositories code. Forking can be used to propose new changes to someone else's code or jumpstart an idea or a new project. As the repository was created by someone else, it is always important to understand the limitations of using their code for your own projects (especially if you plan on selling this product). Every repository created on Github has the chance to create a license file. This file will tell you what you can or cannot do with the forked code. Often open source code is meant to be used and shared with everyone, but it is still good to check. Here is Githubs documentation on forking repositories: https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/. For more information on licensing files see http://choosealicense.com/. Github gists follow the same standard. If you are still worried, it does not hurt to contact the owner of the repository and verify that you can use it for your own projects.
The point of open sourcing code on GitHub is for others to take and use for themselves and learn from it. Also, like fuchsteufelswild said, when forking on GitHub it automatically gives credit to the author so you should be good.
We are migrating the issues of a project from Google Code to GitHub. Google's migration tool assigns all the issues in GitHub to the user GoogleCodeExporter. How can I change issue's author in GitHub?
The GitHub API has a function to edit issues that will allow you to change the assignee (not creator) of the issue. As far as I know, there is no functionality within GitHub to change the creator.
I'm sorry that this doesn't accomplish exactly what you want to do, but it might be the closest alternative (depending on what your project uses issue creator for).
I've looked on github, and googled this, but can't find anything. I'd like to see a history of downloads of code on one of our repositories if that is possible. Thanks.
As far as I know Github currently does not support this - at least not exposed to the general public.
You may want to contacting support to see if they can assist.
We have a GitHub organization setup with private repositories. We would like to give a few of our beta testers access to add and comment on issue but we don't want to give them access to the source code. Is there a way to do this?
I don't believe this is possible, due to the way issues are directly linked to commits.
See here:
https://help.github.com/articles/issues-only-access-permissions
Indeed you can do what you want to achieve, you just need to have a second repository for that purpose.