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How do I use GNU licensed code copyrighted by the original author?
I am writing open-source code based on another author's open-source code. The original author licensed the code under the GNU Public License and copyrighted it under his name. I am, of course, ...
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Is the GNU All-Permissive License suitable for source code?
Text of the GNU All-Permissive License (also known as the "FSF All Permissive License"):
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
are permitted in any medium ...
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GNU license for "Open Metronome" - what license applies to beats generated with it?
If i am using the GNU-licensed software "Open Metronome" (https://sourceforge.net/projects/openmetronome/) to create the basic rhythm of my own music, I am wondering if I can freely ...
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Which license suits best when you want users to contribute to your code and not just take it as free beer
Which License is best suited for my open source project. I am developing a web app (a template like) that has potential use in real life applications but also learning outcomes. I would like people to ...
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Software licensing - Pre 1970's
From reference, page 4, The official ubuntu book, Eighth edition,
As computer’s became cheaper and more numerous in the late 1970’s, producer’s of software began to see value in the software itself....
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Do I need to show branding for TinyMCE (self hosted, free usage license)?
I want to use TinyMCE rich text editor in one of our project.
We are using angular warpper of TinyMCE.
We will host the tinymce.min.js in our servers (not tinymce cloud). Exact steps mentioned at end ...
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Selling copy of GPL v3 app under another license [duplicate]
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 ...
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Sell content separately for app licensed under GNU v3?
If you're using a library that is licensed under GNU GPL v3 to help develop your application, then from what I understand, you must release your application for free and it's source code.
Is it then ...
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Using Oracle VirtualBox Base Package for Commercial Applications
The VirtualBox Base Package is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2.
My company is distributing software that runs on an Ubuntu system within a VirtualBox VM. We have not modified ...
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How to edit a "GPL version 2" code and provide it to the customer (to get paid)?
A customer (from a freelancer website, who awarded me this single project) has asked me to add some extra functionality to a Wordpress plugin which is licensed under "GPL version 2", the customer ...
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How can I use this GPLv2+ file in my MIT project?
I was having a programming problem and Google brought me to this blog, which refers to a GPLv2+ licensed file. However, I would like to keep my project MIT-licensed. What should I do?
I'm considering ...
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GPL Licensed Woocommerce paid plugins
I have very basic question.
I'm building website service where I want to use WooCommerce Subscription and Membership plugins. These plugins are paid on the official websites, but there is written
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GNU GPL V3 with no code change disclosure
I read a lot of articles and information regarding my questions, but those answers were very technical and I wanted to understand the law in simple English.
https://tldrlegal.com/license/gnu-general-...
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Can I publish a WordPress site as MIT?
I know that WordPress is licensed GPLv2 (or later).
I also know that all things that use WordPress must also be GPLv2 (or later) compatible (eg. Plugins and Themes)
I also read somewhere that ...
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Implement GNU License code with or without modification
Can I take an open source app (chat app) under The GNU General Public License v3.0 and implements it as a feature in a bigger app, I will not make modification on the source code, will I have to ...
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Implications of using Linux's Kbuild infrastructure in proprietary software
We have our own proprietary software that we are developing for commercial business. We want to sell the software and we do not have any problem in distributing the source code to our customers. Due ...
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GitHub with temporary code under 'GNU General Public License'
I am writing a software project, and have created a repository for it on GitHub for backup reasons (I don't actually want to publish it).
I began doing a little refactoring, and as an experiment ...
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How the big open source firm guarantees their rights [closed]
How big open source companies (Mozilla, Apache, Mysql) enforce their rights for their published code as open source.
Take the case of Mozilla, which has invested in the development of its source code,...
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Bundling GCC along with my GPLv2 project
Is it legal to bundle the GCC cross-compiler (tar.bz2 file) along with a GPL v2 licensed ARMv4T processor core on Github? The compiler will extracted during simulations to compile C code for the core ...
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GNU GPL v2 - Using libraries?
I had a question about the GNU General Public License v2 license. More specifically, I'm using a library with a GNU GPL v2 license. I'm merely importing it in Java through Maven, I'm not ...
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Can you commercialize a GNU General Public License product?
So from what I understand a product under GNU General Public License needs to stay under GNU General Public License (with references to the previous copyright owner).
So if you sell it then the full ...
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Can I show a GNU GPL licensed software in a TV movie?
Am I allowed to show the interface of a GNU GPL licensed piece of software being used in a TV movie? I'm not in the US, so "fair use" and similar applications do not apply unfortunately.
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Can I sell my project using GNU GPL v3?
At first, I always developed commercial projects only, so I bad know GNU licenses. Now, I want to make my library available for other developers. And maybe to find co-developers. So, I chosen GNU GPL ...
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GNU GPL Licensing
We are planning to use an Open Source GNU GPL License software for distribution also with the hardware we sell. We will make several changes to GP, software to make it work with our device and are ok ...
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Can I edit software under GNU Lesser GPL for my paid app [duplicate]
I'm building a chat bot based on Alice AIML set providing here: https://code.google.com/archive/p/aiml-en-us-foundation-alice/
I'm planning to edit this AIML set and expand it by adding new phrases.
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Using a GNU licensed software to make new software to be sold
I have been researching the GNU and GPL licenses and I can't find a straight answer to a question I have. If you are going to use a Programming IDE that is distributed under a GNU GPL does the ...
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