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Hot Potato License (jlai.lu)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 99 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But in a moment of legal discovery, it was found that "GitLab Support Bot" always owns the repository since it creates the merge commit after CI runs.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The bot is not a person and this cannot have the rights
Just don't use something as fancy as that. CI for a HLP project? Wth are you doing, there aren't even tests

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You don't have to be a person to have the rights of a person. That's what a corporation is.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But the license mentions all of earths citizens. Corpos can't be citizens, right? Legal terms are confusing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Corporations provide services, and service guarantees citizenship.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I would like to know more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Hence how Melania came to be a Citizen