Is it safe to use a library comes with no license?
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2024 11:53 am
Hi all!
As I am building my project, I decided to use 3rd party libraries as much as I can, because I don't enjoy recreating the wheel all the time. On GitHub there is a library for pretty much everything I need, however some of them comes with no license, but it was shared to be used by others according to readme but the creator decided not to include a specific license to explicitly give permission.
I was wondering if is it safe to use such libraries at all? Obviously I would give credit and I have no intention to use it to make money, so I think in that regard it is safe, but if I was making money with something based on a library comes with no license wondering if is it safe, can I get in to any legal trouble later?
Thank you.
As I am building my project, I decided to use 3rd party libraries as much as I can, because I don't enjoy recreating the wheel all the time. On GitHub there is a library for pretty much everything I need, however some of them comes with no license, but it was shared to be used by others according to readme but the creator decided not to include a specific license to explicitly give permission.
I was wondering if is it safe to use such libraries at all? Obviously I would give credit and I have no intention to use it to make money, so I think in that regard it is safe, but if I was making money with something based on a library comes with no license wondering if is it safe, can I get in to any legal trouble later?
Thank you.