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== CC0 or Public domain ==
I've just added a piece of code (and [[Execute_Brain****/Brain****
As such anyone is legally allowed to slap any license they choose onto it. (this BTW was one of the reasons that the GPL license was created in the first place.)
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[[User:Rdebath|Rdebath]] ([[User talk:Rdebath|talk]]) 14:00, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
:If it is not your code and the license would be changed, then unless the original license said that you were able to re-license the code then you need to get the original authors permission for a change of license to that used on RC. '''Until then it would be proper to remove the code'''. --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] ([[User talk:Paddy3118|talk]]) 16:10, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
::Because it's CC0 (AKA public domain) everyone has permission to change the license; stupid as it sounds. Like I said, this sort of legal stupidity is one of the major reasons that the GPL was invented. [[User:Rdebath|Rdebath]] ([[User talk:Rdebath|talk]]) 18:44, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
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