top | item 15719726 (no title) charlesetc | 8 years ago Does npm even allow you to use projects that don't allow you to make changes to their code? discuss order hn newest partycoder|8 years ago You can have an npm module with any arbitrary licensing.https://docs.npmjs.com/files/package.json#license drostie|8 years ago No because how the hell would they know?I author a module for my employer and describe it with their developers@ email and as UNLICENSED; how does NPM discover that I am legally authorized to use and modify this package? jogjayr|8 years ago As in it checks the license in the source repo and prevents installation of dependencies with licenses that prohibit source modification?
partycoder|8 years ago You can have an npm module with any arbitrary licensing.https://docs.npmjs.com/files/package.json#license
drostie|8 years ago No because how the hell would they know?I author a module for my employer and describe it with their developers@ email and as UNLICENSED; how does NPM discover that I am legally authorized to use and modify this package?
jogjayr|8 years ago As in it checks the license in the source repo and prevents installation of dependencies with licenses that prohibit source modification?
partycoder|8 years ago
https://docs.npmjs.com/files/package.json#license
drostie|8 years ago
I author a module for my employer and describe it with their developers@ email and as UNLICENSED; how does NPM discover that I am legally authorized to use and modify this package?
jogjayr|8 years ago