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Is HTML-linked content still subject to the CC-BY-SA license?
Awarded 14 hours ago
How does GPL differ from CC BY-NC-SA?
Awarded May 26 at 10:03
If a non-GPL program is illegally linking to a GPL library, can I assume that program automatically became GPL?
Awarded May 19 at 12:43
What's to prevent a user from reverse engineering a GPL program?
Awarded May 18 at 14:20
Does requiring users to accept the GPL before using GPL-licensed software violate the GPL?
Awarded May 17 at 20:51
Does reimplementing GPLv2 code in another language create a derivative work that also falls under the GPL?
Awarded May 14 at 18:15
Is there a process for Wikipedia improvements to be translated
Awarded May 12 at 13:34
Has the FSF ever commented on the SSPL?
Awarded May 10 at 21:05
What is the license of Mojo🔥?
Awarded May 10 at 7:41
BSD 3-Clause: where to place license for binary installation?
Awarded May 9 at 21:16
How do I require commercial users of the output of my software to give attribution?
Awarded May 7 at 12:25
Can I give the software gratis but charge for the source (and still be FOSS)?
Awarded Apr 25 at 9:56
Is there a license like MIT that explicitly forbids the use of AI?
Awarded Apr 21 at 10:40
Is it allowed to sign open source binaries?
Awarded Apr 18 at 9:57
Can the GNU LGPL be removed from a piece of software?
Awarded Mar 29 at 3:05
What's the use of Apache's "Not a contribution"?
Awarded Mar 15 at 16:20
My code is GPL licensed, can I issue a license to have my code be distributed in a specific MIT licensed project?
Awarded Mar 14 at 10:03
What is the difference between free as in beer and free as in speech?
Awarded Mar 14 at 2:01
GPL with named pipes?
Awarded Mar 11 at 8:35
Copyright notice in the file header (Apache v2 license)
Awarded Mar 8 at 14:56
Which type of license doesn't require attribution in GitHub projects?
Awarded Mar 6 at 17:43
Who owns code in a GitHub organization?
Awarded Mar 4 at 21:48
How do I license an open source application that uses closed source libraries?
Awarded Mar 1 at 12:40
What is the difference between contributor, member and collaborator?
Awarded Feb 21 at 12:05
Is the process to set up, install, and implement GPL-3.0-only software considered proprietary?
Awarded Feb 21 at 1:41
Can I reuse code from a GitHub repository with a "source code license agreement"?
Awarded Feb 6 at 12:17
Does the Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 license make it mandatory to share derived work?
Awarded Feb 4 at 23:37
When forking an open-source project, what should I do with the maintainers' emails included in the source code?
Awarded Jan 31 at 11:56
Author rights on software when using an online IDE
Awarded Jan 25 at 13:47
Restrict GPLv3 to non-commercial use
Awarded Jan 21 at 18:42
Does modified server code, used in public website development, which is originally available under GPL2 have to be released to the public?
Awarded Jan 5 at 17:31
Can I use a GPL component in my site without having to disclose the sources of my site?
Awarded Jan 2 at 21:26
Incorporating GPL3 code into a GPL2 project
Awarded Jan 2 at 19:20
Use SVG code licensed under CC
Awarded Dec 27, 2022 at 20:27
GPL for Embedded
Awarded Dec 20, 2022 at 17:31
MariaDB: How can the license being held by a foundation forbid Oracle from buying MariaDB?
Awarded Dec 15, 2022 at 17:17
Using Modified Linux in an Embedded device, the source code must be opened?
Awarded Dec 4, 2022 at 22:02
Can Apple require users to accept the Xcode/iOS license to use git?
Awarded Dec 1, 2022 at 22:17
If I add a misrepresentation clause to 3-clause BSD license would it remain GPL-compatible?
Awarded Nov 30, 2022 at 16:10
Is there any recourse when an "Open Source" project has a closed-source core?
Awarded Nov 15, 2022 at 23:27
Why are open-source PDF APIs so hard to come by?
Awarded Nov 12, 2022 at 15:47
Can FOSS software licenses (e.g. MIT, Apache, GNU, etc.) apply to documents without the need to be rewritten?
Awarded Nov 7, 2022 at 16:57
Is CC-BY 4.0 attribution recursive?
Awarded Nov 6, 2022 at 17:08
What is needed to develop a Windows open source graphics driver?
Awarded Nov 2, 2022 at 1:06
Can the author of an MIT licenced project prevent me from publishing to an App Store
Awarded Oct 29, 2022 at 5:12
Can I make my own license?
Awarded Sep 27, 2022 at 13:02
Include duplicate MIT licenses for every project even if my code base is available in GitHub?
Awarded Sep 20, 2022 at 3:36
MIT License Violation caused by copying source code partially or fully
Awarded Sep 16, 2022 at 2:50
Upstream re-licensing project from GPL-3.0 to MIT allowed?
Awarded Sep 2, 2022 at 17:20
Is it legal to remove a contributor's name from the licence?
Awarded Sep 1, 2022 at 23:01
License that requires attribution to end users?
Awarded Sep 1, 2022 at 20:33
Having one sub folder in a GitHub repo under a different license than the whole repo
Awarded Sep 1, 2022 at 7:43
Is a Web application "released" in the sense of GPL?
Awarded Aug 12, 2022 at 18:27
Do I Need to Publish my Source Code because of LGPL?
Awarded Aug 11, 2022 at 20:32
REST Endpoint using MIT and BSD 3-clause license libraries
Awarded Aug 2, 2022 at 16:57
License allowing mixing code only with code licensed with any of the OSI-approved licenses, getting "infected" by these licenses (kind of reverse GPL)
Awarded Jul 25, 2022 at 13:33
Can we change licence from AGPL v3.0 to BSL v1.1?
Awarded Jul 21, 2022 at 4:26
Does software released under GPLv3 require a copyright notice?
Awarded Jul 20, 2022 at 9:58
Can we use a previous release of an open source project when it had Apache 2.0 license for commercial purpose?
Awarded Jul 18, 2022 at 14:20
Using GPL library with MIT licensed code
Awarded Jul 15, 2022 at 14:25
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