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I am developing a software that is licensed AGPLv3. It's a simple tool that takes a user-provided string and generates an image based on it. What license is the generated image under? Can I choose the ...

I work at a not-for-profit research institute, so this question does not apply to me directly, but I found it in the comments of an answer to another question, unanswered. I am posting on behalf of ...

Curious to know any strategic decisions being made with respect to Anaconda use for business due to the new Anaconda license model? https://www.anaconda.com/blog/sustaining-our-stewardship-of-the-open-...

I made a license using the 3 clause BSD license as a base and added parts from the Apache 2.0 license. I was wondering if this license would hold any water or if it is legal. My legal knowledge is nil....

I've seen a number of differing governance styles on open source projects. Some have looser contribution restrictions, with PR approval coming from people who have earned the privilege to do so, ...

I want to use a Python module (https://github.com/Belval/pdf2image) in my commercial software. This module is licensed under the MIT license whereas the library (Poppler) it is built on is licensed ...

When developer creates a binary from the code and puts to releases section, does it match the code in a restrictive way so there is no chance that malicious code is compiled into it? How Github ...

source community, consider building a commercial system consisting of a GPU-enabled desktop computer with pre-installed drivers and software. Nvidia makes a distinction between their GeForce and ...

Say I have a web page: ... <!-- A custom javascript library --> <script src="myCustomScript.js"></script> <!-- A GPL2 javascript library --> <script src="...

I try to understand If I must release my own modifications of an existent software which is under AGPL-3.0. This site says: You must disclose your source code when you distribute, publish or serve (i....

I can't find out what license to use. I searched the internet, and found nothing. I am making a website. I want to make it so that people can contribute to and view my code, but can't make something ...

So basically I have finished coding my own game and I want to create a repo on GitHub to manage the code. But can I use the code for commercial use and sell it on steam, and/or itch.io? And do I need ...

I have been trying to understand if Google's Chrome web browser is truly open source. Some people claim that it is, while others claim that it integrates binary blobs for which the source is ...

Now I am using excel4node in my product. excel4node is using jszip which using openent. excel4node is under MIT license, jszip under both MIT and GPl license, but openent is GPL licence. So can I use ...

I've been asked to make an application about astrology, and I would like to use this library https://github.com/astrolin/ephemeris/tree/develop/src/java/swisseph-2.01.00-01, however it is licensed ...

What happens if I take a small piece of code (~400 lines) that is licensed under GPLv2, and modify and use it in my own project? Am I now obliged to license my program under GPL, or can I use a more ...

To give more details, I've created a repository on GitHub, and I'm using the MPL-2.0 license (not only as a separate file but also with a copyright notice in each source file). Now, after some time, ...

My software is a compiled Python module, which provides commands when loaded into the interpreter. In the project, the source code and accompanying Python scripts are using the Apache Software License ...

Me and my team are building a web application (RectJS/NodeJS/Mysql). We would like to use the apache 2.0 license model in our code. We want to make the code opensource later, but as we are building a ...

I am using the Qt framework for a personal project of mine. Not intended to be sold or used by anyone else. Just a cool project that I want to have in my portfolio. What is required of me under the ...

Consider I wrote a screenplay or book and I want if someone make a film from it, share it with same license that I used (Or another free license that keeps this constraint). Is CC BY-SA okay? Or is ...

I'm quite confused with MongoDB's licensing model. MongoDB at its core is an open-source project, licensed under the SSPL which is a small modification of the AGPLv3 license. Then how does it release ...

I will frame my question with a concrete example: HELYX is a software based on another software OpenFOAM. OpenFOAM is an open-source freely-accessible software distributed with GPLv3 licence. HELYX ...

This article implies that Commons Clause and AGPL could be compatible, while FSF seems to completely disagree with that. Can Commons Clause be applied on a AGPL project? Some have misconstrued that ...

GitHub is protect by DMCA, i.e., so long as a service provider follows the DMCA's notice-and-takedown rules, it won't be liable for copyright infringement based on user-generated content. If another ...

I have seen that QT framework offers 4 licenses, as shown here: https://www.qt.io/product/features Quoting: Commercial: A commercial license keeps your code proprietary where only you can control and ...

I'm not good at legalities and this is my first official project so I have little knowledge of copyrights and licenses. I haven't read a lot of legal documents and only a bit of knowledge about ...

Someone (Person_A) is sharing an open source project (Project_A) on GitHub. The Project_A is a decompiled version of another project (Project_B). But the original Project_B is not open source, and ...

We have an dependency to drools-compiler (Version 7.19.0.Final) in one of our microservices: // Drools Compiler :: https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.drools/drools-compiler libraryDependencies += &...

Need help with a **complicated GPL/LGPL Dual Licensing issue**. We need to read the contents of a .ESD file which which is nothing but a LZMA compressed .WIM file. I am planning to use the wimlib ...

I am writing a library that may violate software patents. I just don't want to lose my time trying to see if I violate any software patents: I suppose that any skilled mathematician could be able to ...

The software is distributed under these terms: Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software&...

How to make a list of people and companies that I want to thank for somehow taking part in the creation of a repo? A paragraph in README.md? What's the header then? A special file? How to name it? I ...

Suppose my GitHub project requires DCO. In case of DCO, for a "proof" of origin it's usually enough to add a commit message that includes Signed-off-by line. But in case of GitHub it's very ...

I am considering releasing a project of mine using the GNU Affero General Public License. I have been researching Contributor License Agreements, Developer Certificate of Origin, as well as the pros/...

Also, I didn't disclaim any warranty (which is typically part of the license). Does that mean others can sue for damage? (In the BSD 2-clause license this looks like: "THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ...

I am developing library and I want to license it under EUPL v1.2. EUPL is not very clear about whether linking EUPL licensed library creates derivative work, so I want to explicitly allow it for both ...

I am maintaining a Github project which is owned by our company. It's a sample for demonstrating how to use the software sold by our company. My question is, if I want to modify code of another ...

I am implementing an online version of a card game. The author and publisher of the game owns the IP, evidently (e.g on mechanics and design). the game (mechanics) and the graphics are our ...

I have noticed that each external library has their own licence like (Apache 2.0) etc. For example the EJS Templating library has a Apache 2.0 Licence.Does that mean that whenever I use any third ...

Many corona apps are developed in the moment, and some of them e.g. In Germany are open source. Many people fear to be spied by this app. Im definitely Not one of them. Still it raised the question ...

Say I choose to implement an interpreter or compiler for an existing programming language whose (only) reference implementation is distributed under the GPL. If in doing so I do not derive any code ...

I have two questions regarding the implications of releasing something open-source and it later being used by "bad people" (terrorists, authoritarian regimes, and so on). The first is about the legal ...

I am making a piece of software and I plan to have it interact with the Discord API, which I know is nonfree because it expressly prohibits freedom 1 (the freedom to look at and modify the source ...

I have an app made with electron.js I have used third party packages in my app. All the packages have permissive licenses(MIT and BSD License) with them. I am using UI assets(e.g. icons) with MIT ...

I want to create a library, that can be used for free in any open-source project, so I want to publish it under terms of GNU GPL v3. But, also I want to sell it, so it could be used in proprietary ...

There is an MIT-licensed project, FooSoftware, which I have done some work to make work in a Docker container [1]. I would like to publish that work so that others can use FooSoftware in Docker ...

A fellow developer has done something that has made me curious, he has a popular javascript front-end package on GitHub which for years was licensed under MIT, then all of a sudden he released a v2 ...

If i import code from a github repository in my go code by doing something like import "github.com/.../..." And this repository is licensed under the MIT license. Do I need to include the copyright ...

I'm sure these days, a single open source software project or language creation involve hundreds, if not millions of people but only a single individual gets the credit as creator of the software or ...