Github ToS and Open Source

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Tom H schreef op 03-03-2017 20:55:
> On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 12:04 PM, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> 
> wrote:
>> 
>> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/pipermail/linux-audio-dev/2013-September/034140.html
> 
> So the guy's whining about an open source project being forked. 
> Really?!

Not just that (I read the entire thread, thank you Ralph),

He was complaining about a project that hadn't seen any work, was 
(perhaps 'accidentally') published to Github, but the author (uploader) 
had changed the name (slightly) and put a copyright notice of himself on 
some files.

There was nothing else to it.

So this "fork" was not under active use by anyone, it was just a 
development project, a working copy.

The author (Fons) of the program decided that uploading to Github was 
the greatest offense as opposed to keeping it private.

A bit ridiculous if you ask me, but yeah. I understand the sentiment of 
the author, but not the rigorousness with which he pursued it.