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Creating new functionallity for an existing project under MPL 1.1

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Is it possible to apply the GPL license to “built static libraries”?

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Netbeans Apache Autogenerated Code - Commercial Use

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CC BY-NC copyleft?

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Can others monetize my project with GPLv3?

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using Open Font License (OFL) in commercial project

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Ok to mix open source with closed source?

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An open file format initially created to tie users to a closed program. Would using it over other open formats help the open source community more?


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