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Tagged with apache-2.0 copyright
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Does adding license headers to files without existing headers count as my modification to an Apache 2.0-licensed project?
I recently used a starter template project for an API that is under the Apache 2.0 License, where the project doesn't have a NOTICE file and individual files in that project don't have their own ...
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Notices.txt or Copyright file header when porting code
The following Java project contains an Apache 2.0 license https://github.com/apache/pdfbox-jbig2/blob/master/LICENSE.txt as well as a copyright header on every file in the project https://github.com/...
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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)?
(I asked this on Reddit and didn't get a good reaction. I wasn't sure if this was the right forum, but I wanted to ask somewhere related.)
I'm fairly new to machine learning (and programming in ...
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How to handle Apache 2 license for backend use
We are using an open sourced (Apache 2.0 License) OCR framework/library for a website. User uploads an image to our web portal, we send that image to the backend, which hands over that image to the ...
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What to put in header copyright notice after total conversion of library that didn't have license headers?
I want to convert a C# library (not written by myself) licensed under Apache License v2 to C++.
The original C# library has a LICENSE file with the Apache license information, however the individual ...
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What notice should Bob give when he takes a web app under Apache2, changes UI and the database, then hosts it?
Question asked here, but without much attention; posting here.
Please write a bit of detail steps on how to follow Apache2 requirements for a new beginner, (whose native language is not English,) ...
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Can I use a license without providing a copyright notice myself?
So I googled a bit and found that a copyright notice isn't actually required anymore which I prefer as I'd rather provide a text like this:
Project is open-source and made by the following ...
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Create a new UI for an Apache 2.0 software
I'm creating a fork of a software distributed under the Apache License 2.0. This software has many components, one of them is its UI, where It's possible to find the creator's logo and other ...
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Free Office/Libre Office/Apache Office
How Free Office / Libre Office / Apache Office resembles Microsoft Office ?
Did they committed a breach of copyright and cheated Microsoft Office?
And, why till date, Microsoft is not taking any ...
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Definition of a modified code
It may seem to be a bit silly question, but I couldn't find a strict definition that would address my specific situation (I appreciate I'm not the first to experience it though).
There's a library ...
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How should copyright notices be included when distributing source of modified Apache 2.0 code commercially?
A company wants to distribute a product which includes a browser extension. A browser extension is implemented in JavaScript, so it's distributed in source code form.
Parts of extension are written by ...
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Confused by html2canvas library's license
I was planning to use html2canvas
The license is really confusing to me, as it's never stated which parts are for Microsoft, which are not and if the whole code is licensed under MIT, as it also ...
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How to fill the "name of copyright owner" in the license, if there are multiple authors?
There is an open source project, licensed under Apache License 2.0. It is abandoned, so I would like to fork it, do some significant modifications, and publish it again as an open source project, ...
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Are downloaded data automatically licensed?
If a purely Apache v2 licensed software automatically downloads data files from its copyright holder's website without asking the user, does that automatically grant Apache v2 license to the ...
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Are there legal reasons blocking the use of Apache 2 License in France
A French citizen has suggested that there are legal reasons why he cannot contribute to a project using the Apache 2 license.
I responded saying:
French people have contributed to such things ...
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What entities are eligible to copyright a project?
Me and my friend want to make business on customization of our open source project. We have NOT yet registered the project trademark NOR started a company.
Сan we write in Copyright 2019 [name of ...
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Is it correct in general to have both MIT and Apache license for the same project
I am using the javascript library Datejs in my project, the library states in their website that the code is released under the MIT Licence but the code published on their GitHub account is published ...
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Modifying file without copyright under Apache 2.0
I'd like to use a modified version of a certain file from an open source project that is licensed under the Apache 2.0.
The file itself doesn't contain copyright notice neither the project does.
Now, ...
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DMCA Takedown Notice received for distributing software licensed under Apache 2.0
A browser plugin was removed from one of the app stores last year as it had stopped working, and the author was no longer maintaining it in favor of their standalone desktop apps. I preferred using ...
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What to do if I can't find the copyright when using an open source library
I'm using an open source library to develop an application. The library is under the Apache 2.0 license.
The license says you need to put a copy of the license and of the copyright into the software ...
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Can I resubmit someone else's pull request if he does not sign CLA?
Someone helped with progress upstream at an open source project I really rely on. He basically did what I was not capable of and now I am waiting for his pull request to be merged and included in ...
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Is this copyright infringment?
I created a project to validate objects.
It's influenced by a fairly known project called FluentValidation by Jeremy Skinner which has an Apache License.
Both projects do the same, provide an API ...
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Rules for appropriate editing of copyright notices in cloned, Apache-2.0-licenced, opensource repositories
I have cloned a repo under the Apache 2.0 licence and am changing content.
under section 4 of the licence:
a. You must cause any modified files to carry prominent notices stating that You changed ...
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Project port (to another language), dealing with copyright notices when using Apache license
I was looking for a library implementing a specific protocol for my favorite programming language.
I found one, but noticed that it started out as a straight port of another project. However, in each ...
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Refreshing Shared Copyright Dates in Apache 2.0 Licensed Code
I'm working with a formerly closed-source project whose official first release under that product name was in 1997. Development on it slowed and was abandoned, then released as Apache 2.0 in 2012. ...