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My code is GPL licensed, can I issue a license to have my code be distributed in a specific MIT licensed project?

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Which type of license doesn't require attribution in GitHub projects?

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Who owns code in a GitHub organization?

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Is there a way to only permit open-source mods for my video game to stop people from stealing code or at least enforce proper attribution?

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Does CC BY-SA affect recordings of performances of songs?

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BSD license attribution

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Should I include the MIT licence of a library which I use from a CDN?

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modifying code licensed under "General Public License" with static inline, removing global variables [closed]

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What type of license is protected my source from publishing the compiled product for free? [closed]

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AGPL-3 and patents

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If I do an ML project copying code heavily from Tensorflow's tutorials, am I still allowed to share it on Github (or other repositories)?

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copyrights when learning from licensed code and then applying that knowledge to write your own code

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Licensing of my code when using a GPL-licensed program for code coverage

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Is the AGPL practically enforceable? [duplicate]

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What happens if I don't attribute for a library that has MIT or Apache license?

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LGPL 3 and Java package renaming

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If data published under CC BY 4.0 is aggregated and published on a repository under GPL 3.0, what is the license

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If somebody else distributes my GPL program without the source code, am I liable to fulfil written source requests?

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BSD-3 Licensing in Framework's Documentation

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Should a GitHub issue with a "question" label should be closed once the question is answered at the comment section? [closed]

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Can I use a MIT licensed library with an AGPLv3 project? [duplicate]

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How to handle Apache 2 license for backend use

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Can I relicense an Apache- or -MIT-licensed software to AGPL (Affero General Public License)?

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Can I write my own non-GPL LZO decompressor?

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Could a CLA be avoided by simply specifying in the license a particular owner who may grant closed source use? [duplicate]

rtpax
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GNU GPL license in libraries in python requirements [duplicate]

Bart van Ingen Schenau
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Do I need to distribute licenses for Python modules used in code that I release but don't directly distribute (i.e. users pip install modules)?)?

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Dockerization; licenses of dependencies MIT, GPLv2

Martin_in_AUT
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Using pm2 for private/commercial node express application

Bart van Ingen Schenau
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If I don't attribute to the library owner how that person knows that I've used his or her library after I published the app to the Play Store? [duplicate]

Omer123
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If my GPLv3 program produces a useful CSV file, can closed source code use that file? [duplicate]

ruben2020
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If I use AGPL software (hosted on my environment) to populate DB data w/o any code changes, should I open the code of my software that does DB calls?

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If an app is created with libs from different author with MIT license, which one will be applicable?

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Can my open-source package adhere to GPL/LGPL v3 if it has a closed-source dependency?

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Regarding the license's condition(MIT, BSD-3...), how to satisfy the condition "License and copyright notice"?

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Python QT Dll for commercial use

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Will it enough only to include the Apache license file in the source code in android kotlin application? [duplicate]

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Do you need to share source code of the theme when using inside web application that use AGPL?

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