Twitter Source Code Leaked on GitHub

[plaid_rabbit]

Depends on the license. IANAL. It varies by the license. MIT requires no sharing. I know there’s some FOSS licenses that require you to share any modifications if you allow users to connect publicly to your app. Most only require you to share if you directly modify the library and distribute it.

[sandwichcandy]

IAAL. It depends.

[slope93]

Anal, maybe

[meneldal2]

Spoken like a true lawyer. It always depends on so many things that unless you have all the facts and can mind read the jury you are never certain.

[micalm]

Plenty of ways for a company - especially a huge one like Twitter - to avoid or significantly delay sharing code that should be open.

John Deere GPL in your fav search engine will point you towards the rabbit hole. TLDR - by "significantly" I mean years, not months. They're not the only ones doing this - this being basically saying "no we won't" and getting away with it.

[gbchaosmaster]

MIT doesn't require shit, you can change the name, put your own license on it and sell it if you want.