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Can a project be open source even if you don't have a license?
Suppose I am working on a project. I publish this project on a website. I release it without a copyright notice OR a licence. But in the project title /description I say it is open source.
My question:
Under these circumstances is the project open…
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What license type is it if it is called opensource but no specific license is stated?
I'm asking particularry about the c math library cephes (http://www.netlib.org/cephes/) where after I downloaded it found no file stating any licanse and the sourcecode it self has in the typical header jsut stated "copyright year by name" not even…
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