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So, for example, assume an independent software developer has created a library and has licensed it under GPL v3.
The developer is then contracted by a company to develop a software product for the ...
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Suppose Robert Smith has a repo with a README file containing this section:
Authors
Robert Smith
Robert Smith's website
License
Code copyright Robert Smith. Code released under the MIT license.
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I have a github repository that I plan on making public, and I'm in the process of choosing a license for it. It's a Python project that utilizes a number of open source libraries. The code for those ...
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I have a question regarding FFmpeg binary distribution and libx265 and GPLv2/3
The FFmpeg documentation says that libx265 is GPLv2-or-later - https://www.ffmpeg.org/general.html#x265 - but the x265 ...
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I plan on using a LGPL licenced library for my work (my projecte will be MIT). I only use a subset of the library files though, since I plan on statically linking the library.
Do I have to provide the ...
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If I understand the table (mentioned at https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility) correctly, I can use either 'LGPLv2.1 only' or 'LGPLv2.1 or later' for my code if I want to include ...
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I want to license my project (hosted on GitHub) under MPL-2.0, which looks like a reasonable choice. But since I'm not a lawyer, it's hard to estimate long-term benefits and consequences of this ...
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I recently opened the source code for the widely-used TeX typesetting system, and was surprised by the restrictive license I found:
This program is copyright (C) 1982 by D. E. Knuth; all rights are ...
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There are many articles out there which cover the topic in length and breadth, but so far I haven't found a nice, concise answer to the question.
What are the most important differences between the ...
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Let's say i used a MIT program as a base for a new project, and modified about 50% of the program files.
How should i specify that the program is a derivative work?
Do i need to keep track of every ...
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This branched out from my previous question: Can I select who can contribute to my Open Source Project?
Having never worked on open source software before, and developing my own mini applications ...
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This answer on Chess Stack Exchange comes from the lead developer of a webapp for learning chess that integrates a version of Stockfish (a popular chess-playing program released under GPLv3) ...
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I've been foraging GitHub and making small one-off contributions to a variety of codebases that interest me. Typically, the projects that I want to contribute to are very large in nature and already ...
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