Questions tagged [gnu]
Questions about GNU Project (free software, mass collaboration project) or GNU Operating System (a Unix-like computer operating system composed wholly of free software).
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Distributing software that downloads and uses GPL-licensed software
License in question is GNU GPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html).
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I have written a software A that
downloads a docker image of software B as part of the ...
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Can I use an LGPLv3 library in my WordPress plugin
I want to publish a plugin on WordPress. My plugin uses a library which is licensed under the LGPLv3.
I am planning to ship the library along with plugin code, however, the library isn't statically ...
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Am I allowed to use GNU Unifont in a closed source application?
I was looking for a .ttf font, where almost all of the unicode characters are created. Then I've found the GNU Unifont
It is licensed under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2
The application I am ...
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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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Does the GNU GPL imply that I hold copyright?
Would it be possible to release my copyright (essentially put it in the public domain) but still have the software licensed under the GNU GPL?
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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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Do the GNU Rules about Nonfree Javascript apply to Server-Side JS?
The page The Javascript Trap describes guidelines for making JS code free/libre. I know that this is considered mandatory in web pages, but do the same rules apply to server-side JS? For example, do I ...
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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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Is it permissible to install Cygwin (GNU GPL) and its packages from within an installer for a proprietary and commercially sold application?
Is it legal to package the Cygwin installer executable — and some of its corresponding packages — and run it from another installer that installs a proprietary and commercially sold application?
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How much of my code becomes GPL if I use some GPL code and how different does my code have to be to not be GPL?
I'm new to coding and I've found a lot of useful information regarding this question by reading online, but for whatever reason I simply can't find a simple answer to this. It's about using other ...
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Can i use GNU GPL Module in commercial app?
Can I use not my module with GNU GPL in my android app, that showing adware or that i sell for money?
Must i make my all app open source in that case?
Module:
https://github.com/whyorean/playstore-...
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Am I allowed to use a GPL-3 library in a closed source web application?
I am working on an Angular5 web application. It is written in Typescript, and then compiled to Javascript. This is not a real compilation, just a minification
The server which serves the .js files is ...
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How to change the licence of Java project from GNU/ GPL to MIT / BSD / Apache [duplicate]
I had developed a Java application which is connected to MySQL Workbench by using mysql-connector-java-8.0.21.jar file.
When I deploy the project and send source code to the client he says that:
The ...
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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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What license should I put in my datasets?
I've scraped tonnes of sites. I'm making these datasets for public use. I've been using GPL-v3 license for other software tasks but I don't know what license should I put for datasets. I prefer a ...
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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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Distribution of code of a system that uses open source tool with GPL license
I'm sorry if my question is repeated, but I have searched and read allot about this topic and kind of confused and want to make sure at this point. I'm planning to use an open source tool that will be ...
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