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Who owns code in a GitHub organization?
Awarded Mar 6 at 8:17
How could using code released under CC0 infringe on the author's patents?
Awarded Mar 6 at 5:18
My code is GPL licensed, can I issue a license to have my code be distributed in a specific MIT licensed project?
Awarded Mar 5 at 23:47
Is Firefox really open sourced?
Awarded Jan 28 at 19:42
Does license prohibition of illicit / malicious use or modification clash with GPL's freedom to modify?
Awarded Dec 29, 2022 at 11:17
Does license prohibition of illicit / malicious use or modification clash with GPL's freedom to modify?
Awarded Dec 27, 2022 at 20:58
Does this constitute a breach in GPL license? Article with GPL licensed software and Journal reviewer guidelines
Awarded Dec 19, 2022 at 18:25
Trying to understand an old custom license
Awarded Dec 17, 2022 at 18:25
MariaDB: How can the license being held by a foundation forbid Oracle from buying MariaDB?
Awarded Dec 17, 2022 at 15:55
Am I legally obliged to honor requests made outside the license file?
Awarded Nov 30, 2022 at 18:07
Why are open-source PDF APIs so hard to come by?
Awarded Nov 14, 2022 at 1:40
Can FOSS software licenses (e.g. MIT, Apache, GNU, etc.) apply to documents without the need to be rewritten?
Awarded Nov 8, 2022 at 15:55
What are the essential differences between the BSD and MIT licences?
Awarded Nov 3, 2022 at 15:37
Can the author of an MIT licenced project prevent me from publishing to an App Store
Awarded Oct 30, 2022 at 20:21
What's the difference between bazaar-style and cathedral-style open source projects?
Awarded Oct 4, 2022 at 9:31
Can I make my own license?
Awarded Sep 26, 2022 at 5:52
"GitHub Stars" is a very useful metric. But for *what*?
Awarded Aug 15, 2022 at 9:30
Do I Need to Publish my Source Code because of LGPL?
Awarded Aug 13, 2022 at 16:33
Need samples of copyleft notices
Awarded Jun 20, 2022 at 20:12
Can I copy some AGPL code to my AGPL project?
Awarded Jun 14, 2022 at 23:51
Why do some people refer to Linux as GNU/Linux?
Awarded May 8, 2022 at 23:05
If my repository uses a MIT license, can I submit a DMCA takedown for someone who copied it?
Awarded Apr 27, 2022 at 4:33
Am I allowed to convert some functions from a GPLv2 project and use it in a commercial project?
Awarded Mar 21, 2022 at 8:07
Why does GPLv2 include a mailing address (51 Franklin Street) in the license notice?
Awarded Mar 8, 2022 at 15:27
Contributor asking to remove their contributions
Awarded Feb 22, 2022 at 14:07
Is it legal for the author of an open source project to remove history of contributors' commits?
Awarded Feb 16, 2022 at 16:25
Do Open Source Licenses allow authors to corrupt their own code, like in the colors.js case?
Awarded Jan 27, 2022 at 0:56
Do Open Source Licenses allow authors to corrupt their own code, like in the colors.js case?
Awarded Jan 26, 2022 at 10:36
What's the difference between permissive and copyleft licenses?
Awarded Jan 22, 2022 at 17:00
Can I disregard GPL just because I use autoconf?
Awarded Jan 20, 2022 at 8:48
Can my proprietary app automatically download a GPL-licensed binary?
Awarded Jan 15, 2022 at 21:06
Report a security issue to a project hosted at GitHub
Awarded Dec 21, 2021 at 9:32
Can the MIT license be applied to music?
Awarded Oct 25, 2021 at 20:47
GNU GPL v3 - If the author of a GPL software library makes changes under paid contract to a company, who "owns" the changes?
Awarded Oct 20, 2021 at 12:19
What is the difference between FOSS and FLOSS?
Awarded Oct 15, 2021 at 3:08
If I fork a lib that is MIT / Apache 2.0 dual license, can I change it to CC0 for redistribution?
Awarded Sep 13, 2021 at 19:41
What happens if I share code online without any licence declaration?
Awarded Aug 30, 2021 at 10:21
Is it possible that a future GPL version removes copyleft?
Awarded Aug 18, 2021 at 7:40
Changing my own non-software project from GPLv3 to CC BY-SA
Awarded Jul 20, 2021 at 7:05
How can I deal with this (predatory?) scenario?
Awarded Jun 30, 2021 at 0:32
Which license can protect a software to be distribute without changes under a different name?
Awarded Jun 18, 2021 at 20:17
If I'm using a GPL 3 library in my project, can I license my project under MIT license?
Awarded May 28, 2021 at 15:25
Should I include a copyright line in every file?
Awarded May 26, 2021 at 11:22
Can an NDA block GPL freedom number 4?
Awarded May 18, 2021 at 7:06
Under copyleft, why distinguish between "free as in free speech" and "free as in free beer"?
Awarded May 12, 2021 at 13:25
What should I do with the copyright details in a codebase when modifying it when it wasn't forked?
Awarded Apr 29, 2021 at 21:48
If I fork a lib that is MIT / Apache 2.0 dual license, can I change it to CC0 for redistribution?
Awarded Apr 14, 2021 at 21:37
Minified GPL code inside Javascript webapp
Awarded Apr 1, 2021 at 2:08
Minified GPL code inside Javascript webapp
Awarded Mar 30, 2021 at 8:41
Can I relicense an abandoned GPL project if the copyright owners are no longer responsive?
Awarded Mar 29, 2021 at 0:51
Can I use GPL software to provide a commercial cloud service?
Awarded Mar 28, 2021 at 13:21
Can I use GPL software to provide a commercial cloud service?
Awarded Mar 27, 2021 at 13:31
Choosing the most restrictive open-source license
Awarded Feb 15, 2021 at 9:51
Is it wrong to demand features in open-source projects?
Awarded Feb 5, 2021 at 15:25
Is it wrong to demand features in open-source projects?
Awarded Feb 5, 2021 at 1:50
How to avoid being AWSed?
Awarded Feb 5, 2021 at 0:27
Restricting the open source by adding a statement in README
Awarded Jan 28, 2021 at 18:27
What happens if stolen software is published as Open Source?
Awarded Jan 22, 2021 at 2:05
What guarantees that the published app matches the published open source code?
Awarded Jan 18, 2021 at 8:49
SSPL and the Open Source Definition
Awarded Jan 14, 2021 at 17:46
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