<p>If they haven't put a license, it means it is "All rights reserved" You can refer to these questions about it:</p>

<p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4007674/whats-the-default-license-of-code-published-at-github">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4007674/whats-the-default-license-of-code-published-at-github</a></p>

<p><a href="https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/148146/open-source-code-with-no-license-can-i-fork-it">https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/148146/open-source-code-with-no-license-can-i-fork-it</a></p>

<p><a href="https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/1720/what-can-i-assume-if-a-publicly-published-project-has-no-license">https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/1720/what-can-i-assume-if-a-publicly-published-project-has-no-license</a></p>

<p>It probably means "You can use it for yourself, and for small projects. However, if we want, we may shut down all your projects containing our code."</p>

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2018-05-23T15:49:08.157Z
2018-05-23T15:49:08.157Z
MCCCS
<p>I'm very curious as to why Blockchain (the company) doesn't license their open source software. Also, does this mean we (the public) can just use their software and license it using Apache's 2.0 license?</p>

<p>David</p>

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2018-05-23T16:25:34.247Z
What specific code are you talking about?
Pieter Wuille
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2018-05-23T18:13:06.580Z
Well, I'm trying to create my own wallet and I now reallize that the V3-Frontend, calls back to the V3-Wallet (core) code. I want to modify and reduce the wallet's functionality and have it's look-feel be my UI changes. I do however want to use the bitcoin core wallet code (V3-Wallet) for whatever I produce as a wallet for the public to use with BTC. I'm really just curious why the company (Blockchain) would host their code openly without an open source license.
David Whitehurst
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2018-05-23T19:38:00.130Z
They do. For example, [here](https://github.com/blockchain/My-Wallet-V3/blob/c0bf5615c862fb8d7ec5e3f5031c2998b8ddc690/package.json) you can see that this piece uses an ISC license. Without a license, you couldn't even creatively modify the code.
David Schwartz
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Why does Blockchain (the company) open source their code but not license it?
David Whitehurst
# Why does Blockchain (the company) open source their code but not license it?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-23)

I'm very curious as to why Blockchain (the company) doesn't license their open source software. Also, does this mean we (the public) can just use their software and license it using Apache's 2.0 license?

David

**Tags:** blockchain

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What specific code are you talking about?  
> **username_0**: Well, I'm trying to create my own wallet and I now reallize that the V3-Frontend, calls back to the V3-Wallet (core) code. I want to modify and reduce the wallet's functionality and have it's look-feel be my UI changes. I do however want to use the bitcoin core wallet code (V3-Wallet) for whatever I produce as a wallet for the public to use with BTC. I'm really just curious why the company (Blockchain) would host their code openly without an open source license.  
> **username_2**: They do. For example, [here](https://github.com/blockchain/My-Wallet-V3/blob/c0bf5615c862fb8d7ec5e3f5031c2998b8ddc690/package.json) you can see that this piece uses an ISC license. Without a license, you couldn't even creatively modify the code.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2018-05-23. Score: 1

If they haven't put a license, it means it is "All rights reserved" You can refer to these questions about it:

<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4007674/whats-the-default-license-of-code-published-at-github>

<https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/148146/open-source-code-with-no-license-can-i-fork-it>

<https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/1720/what-can-i-assume-if-a-publicly-published-project-has-no-license>

It probably means "You can use it for yourself, and for small projects. However, if we want, we may shut down all your projects containing our code."


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