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Who owns code contributed to a license-free repository?

The repository is just a publication channel, it does not change anything about the license under which somebody publishes. Many public repositories are owned by projects or other entities that won't ...
toolforger's user avatar
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Who owns code contributed to a license-free repository?

A repository with no license is "All rights reserved". That is, the owner of the repository is sole owner of all its code. It also means that this person is the only one who is allowed to ...
Bart van Ingen Schenau's user avatar
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Who owns code contributed to a license-free repository?

It seems like submitting a pull request [...] involves an implied permission to incorporate my code. Implied permission, yes. However as I think you've worked out, implied permissions are not ...
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