# I asked for help optimizing my Julia code, now it's someone's package?

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**Created:** [February 15, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-asked-for-help-optimizing-my-julia-code-now-its-someones-package/34679 "2020-02-15T12:21:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![stevengj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevengj/32/71_2.png) [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-asked-for-help-optimizing-my-julia-code-now-its-someones-package/34679/11 "2020-02-15T14:02:08Z")

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> [@Tero\_Frondelius](#):
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> > [@Tero\_Frondelius](#):
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> > My understanding is that any code anyone posts this forum is under MIT-license, which is very permissive license.
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> Where did you get that understanding?  
> I can’t find anything like that written down anywhere.

Actually, user contributions are licensed under a CC-BY-NC-SA license under the [terms of service](https://discourse.julialang.org/tos#3). This is compatible with but much more restrictive than the terms of an MIT license, and is not free/open-source. (However, snippets of code ≲ 15 lines are typically considered not copyrightable; see also the discussion [here](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/copyright-issues-for-code-excerpts/17868/3).)

That being said, I think that this is less a question of legality than one of basic courtesy. I completely agree that it would have been more respectful to check with you when creating a package (or a pull request to an existing package) based on the responses to your query.

I would encourage you to try contacting the person amicably in case this was an oversight and see if you can resolve the situation in a more satisfactory way. If you have trouble making things right and want a neutral third party to talk with both of you, feel free to contact the [Julia Stewards](https://julialang.org/community/stewards/).

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