License Inquiry for Code Usage

[Andrei-Fogoros]

Hello @ia

I am using a code snippet from the following file in this repository: https://github.com/ia/connect/blob/master/samples/winsock/getadaptersaddresses.c

I would like to know which license applies to this file and what the repository's overall license is.

Thank you! :)

[ia]

Hello, @Andrei-Fogoros.

First of all, thank you for the interest to my old little experimental project and collection of snippets.

Second, this is a good question.

Third, as stated somewhere in README (I hope), connect is more like RnD project than the production ready library, so while I was working on it, I was grabbing any snippets and samples I could find in public domain or in any other FOSS projects. Therefore, as of for that exact file, you can do with that whatever you want. It was long time ago, and since there is no any mention, it can be considered as public domain. But I AM NOT A LAYWER and this is NOT A LEGAL ADVICE. If you work on some hobby project, then I don't think you should worry about anything, and if it's some corporate code, then you just probably should talk to your legal department, but I guess it really can be considered as public domain . I think I picked it from some parts of WINE and/or from ReactOS, when I was trying to understand how exactly ipconfig works in Windows and where & how ipconfig gets the information about network interfaces and their properties.

Fourth, I have in my ToDo list to go trhough every repo and to make sure that there is licensing policy because it's really well recommended indeed for exactly such cases as you addressed.

Fifth, pardon for late reply.

I hope it helps. Good luck with your project. Happy Hacking! ;)