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  "id": 165404,
  "title": "The weighted boxes fusion repo has no license at all",
  "url": "/competitions/global-wheat-detection/discussion/165404",
  "author_name": "Alexander Soare",
  "post_date": "2020-07-09T15:43:32.648000",
  "votes": 5,
  "comment_count": 3,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Which means we technically aren't allowed to do anything with it at all... Right?</p>\n\n<p>Repo: <a href=\"https://github.com/ZFTurbo/Weighted-Boxes-Fusion\">https://github.com/ZFTurbo/Weighted-Boxes-Fusion</a></p>\n\n<p>From <a href=\"https://opensource.guide/legal/#which-open-source-license-is-appropriate-for-my-project\">https://opensource.guide/legal/#which-open-source-license-is-appropriate-for-my-project</a></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>In general, that means nobody else can use, copy, distribute, or modify your work without being at risk of take-downs, shake-downs, or litigation.</p>\n  \n  <p>Open source is an unusual circumstance, however, because the author expects that others will use, modify, and share the work. But because the legal default is still exclusive copyright, you need a license that explicitly states these permissions.</p>\n  \n  <p>If you don’t apply an open source license, everybody who contributes to your project also becomes an exclusive copyright holder of their work. That means nobody can use, copy, distribute, or modify their contributions – and that “nobody” includes you.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Which basically means the author of the repo (as well as everyone else) no longer has any rights to modify it...</p>",
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    {
      "id": 921840,
      "postDate": "2020-07-09T15:43:32.647Z",
      "content": "<p>Which means we technically aren't allowed to do anything with it at all... Right?</p>\n\n<p>Repo: <a href=\"https://github.com/ZFTurbo/Weighted-Boxes-Fusion\">https://github.com/ZFTurbo/Weighted-Boxes-Fusion</a></p>\n\n<p>From <a href=\"https://opensource.guide/legal/#which-open-source-license-is-appropriate-for-my-project\">https://opensource.guide/legal/#which-open-source-license-is-appropriate-for-my-project</a></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>In general, that means nobody else can use, copy, distribute, or modify your work without being at risk of take-downs, shake-downs, or litigation.</p>\n  \n  <p>Open source is an unusual circumstance, however, because the author expects that others will use, modify, and share the work. But because the legal default is still exclusive copyright, you need a license that explicitly states these permissions.</p>\n  \n  <p>If you don’t apply an open source license, everybody who contributes to your project also becomes an exclusive copyright holder of their work. That means nobody can use, copy, distribute, or modify their contributions – and that “nobody” includes you.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Which basically means the author of the repo (as well as everyone else) no longer has any rights to modify it...</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Which means we technically aren't allowed to do anything with it at all... Right?\n\nRepo: https://github.com/ZFTurbo/Weighted-Boxes-Fusion\n\nFrom https://opensource.guide/legal/#which-open-source-license-is-appropriate-for-my-project\n\n&gt; In general, that means nobody else can use, copy, distribute, or modify your work without being at risk of take-downs, shake-downs, or litigation.\n\n&gt; Open source is an unusual circumstance, however, because the author expects that others will use, modify, and share the work. But because the legal default is still exclusive copyright, you need a license that explicitly states these permissions.\n\n&gt; If you don’t apply an open source license, everybody who contributes to your project also becomes an exclusive copyright holder of their work. That means nobody can use, copy, distribute, or modify their contributions – and that “nobody” includes you.\n\nWhich basically means the author of the repo (as well as everyone else) no longer has any rights to modify it...",
      "votes": 5
    },
    {
      "id": 921960,
      "postDate": "2020-07-09T17:24:19.523Z",
      "content": "<p>Well, we can always implement our own WBF algorithm 🤔 </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Well, we can always implement our own WBF algorithm 🤔 ",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 921962,
          "postDate": "2020-07-09T17:25:18.690Z",
          "content": "<p>Lol. That's what I'm thinking. Now we need lawyers to tell us how much of a diff means that the code is different. Could change all variable names?</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Lol. That's what I'm thinking. Now we need lawyers to tell us how much of a diff means that the code is different. Could change all variable names?"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 921848,
      "postDate": "2020-07-09T15:48:31.877Z",
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 921960,
      "author_name": "johnny",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-07-09T17:24:19.523000",
      "content": "<p>Well, we can always implement our own WBF algorithm 🤔 </p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 921962,
          "author_name": "Alexander Soare",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-07-09T17:25:18.690000",
          "content": "<p>Lol. That's what I'm thinking. Now we need lawyers to tell us how much of a diff means that the code is different. Could change all variable names?</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        }
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      "id": 921848,
      "author_name": "",
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      "post_date": "2020-07-09T15:48:31.877000",
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    "921840": "Which means we technically aren't allowed to do anything with it at all... Right?\n\nRepo: https://github.com/ZFTurbo/Weighted-Boxes-Fusion\n\nFrom https://opensource.guide/legal/#which-open-source-license-is-appropriate-for-my-project\n\n&gt; In general, that means nobody else can use, copy, distribute, or modify your work without being at risk of take-downs, shake-downs, or litigation.\n\n&gt; Open source is an unusual circumstance, however, because the author expects that others will use, modify, and share the work. But because the legal default is still exclusive copyright, you need a license that explicitly states these permissions.\n\n&gt; If you don’t apply an open source license, everybody who contributes to your project also becomes an exclusive copyright holder of their work. That means nobody can use, copy, distribute, or modify their contributions – and that “nobody” includes you.\n\nWhich basically means the author of the repo (as well as everyone else) no longer has any rights to modify it...",
    "921960": "Well, we can always implement our own WBF algorithm 🤔 ",
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