Questions about GNU General Public License Version 2.
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Could I remove GPLv2 from this algorithm implementation?
I have a project that I started a long time ago and licensed under GPLv3.
It uses an implementation of a particular algorithm, where the implementation is licensed under GPLv2.
The algorithm is the ...
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Is this restriction of Cheerp community edition in violation of GPLv2?
As I understand, Cheerp is a tool in a similar way it is GCC, licensed with GPLv2. The license applies to the work reached by the copy rights, but not for use restrictions.
So, as long as one does ...
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Can software licensed under the GPLv2 be included in GPLv3 software?
I'm writing a database library in Java which is licensed under the GPLv3, and I want to include the MySQL JDBC driver in it, which is licensed under the GPLv2. Are there any restrictions stopping me ...
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Can I combine GPLv2 and BSD-3-Clause code and keep the BSD permissions?
I want to take some GPLv2 licensed code written by someone else and add code with a BSD-3-Clause license, originally written by someone else. This BSD-code has been modified by me to add some ...
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I modified and used GPL2 Code in my Apache 2 Open Source Project - can my Project be used commercially, closed source?
I wrote a library in Java for Bcrypt. Bcrypt's OpenBSD implementation uses a exotic flavour of the standard RFC Base64 encoding. Since there are no standard implementations for this, I modified (and ...
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Should I distribute the source code of the build tools for a Linux distribution
If I want to distribute a GNU/Linux distribution as a .iso, I must :
Distribute the source code of the Linux kernel
Distribute the source code of any GPL (or some other license) package included in ...
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GPLv2 library with GPLv3 build scripts
The NetworkManager library is released under GPLv2 license (https://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/tree/COPYING?h=1.12.0).
Some of the build scripts are GPLv3 (some having the ...
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Why Github is not opensource when it's use Git that has GPLv2 license?
I have this question after all happens when Microsoft bought Github. But Github core is not git? I now that when you use a GPLv2 in your program you must have to give your program the same licence. ...
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Using openshift images in opensource product under Apache License 2.0?
Can I use openshift/origin docker images (openshift/origin, openshift/jenkins-slave-nodejs-centos7, centos/s2i-base-centos7), that are released under GPLv2, to build docker images in my software, if I ...
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What kind of license can I use? [duplicate]
I am creating a piece of software, there is a major dependency external library , which according to my understanding, seems to released under three license: GPLv2 LGPLv2 and new BSD because there are ...
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Can I use code with MIT license with my GPLv2 or v3 code? [duplicate]
Let's say that I make a program and I put it on Github with GPLv2 license. Can i later add code from another person that has MIT license (adding his/her license in the repository of course).
How ...
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when using AngularJS can I gpl code that only I have written?
This is about mixing licenses, etc.
I have a simple chat server/client app, written in PHP (server side, 100% my own code) and AngularJS. The process for Angular development typically brings in many ...
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Using GPLv2 licensed library in engineer's thesis
I wanted to base my engineer's thesis on Truffle framework (https://github.com/oracle/graal/tree/master/truffle) and GraalVM (https://github.com/oracle/graal). Truffle is licensed under GPL 2 with ...
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OpenJDK vs OracleJDK Licensing?
This answer on Stackoverflow states that the OpenJDK is licensed under GPLv2 yet the OracleJDK has a different license?
My understanding of GPL was that if they used the OpenJDK sources, they would ...
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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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license - how to skip GPLv2 [closed]
We have read lot of questions about General Public License v2 and know that it's like a virus and everything that does touch it get open-source:
we just use/need a single component/library in our ...
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Can you change GPLv2 licensed software, but keep your new source closed?
If I were to make deep modifications to the Linux kernel, virtually make a 'new' kernel in a way, for my project, which is building my own operating system, (yes, I know, a lot of work, but hey, I'm ...
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GPLv2 or later upgrade to AGPLv3
I modify open source software that is under ‚GPLv2 or later‘. I will upgrade to GPLv3 or later – that‘s of course no problem at all. Not looking for advice in this case, but is it possible to upgrade ...
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What happens when someone merges Apache 2.0 and LGPL libraries into a GPL-2 derivate?
I used a PHP library, which in turn is elementary based on libraries published with an Apache 2.0 license and a LGPL license. The author himself has published his library under a GPLv2 license. ...
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How is the FreeBSD project able to legally distribute GPLv2 software?
FreeBSD publishes "ports" (FreeBSD's term for packages) of software covered by the GPLv2, such as MySQL 5.6.
The GPLv2 states:
You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole ...
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Do the rights of the developer supersede the rights granted to the end user by the GPLv2 License?
I'm currently involved in a debate on Github surrounding a project that is 'GPLv2' licensed and has recently made a change to it's platform requiring new build scripts to be published in order to ...
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Does video game code that uses a GPL engine have to be GPL?
Lets take a specific example. The ioquake3 engine is licensed under GPL v2, however the engine can't do anything by its self, it needs code that has been compiled into .qvm binaries in order to create ...
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Does Altera Hardware Abstraction Library count as “System library” in terms of GPL?
I have ported the Arduino core library to NIOS soft-core CPU. This core comes with a "Hardware abstraction library", which is freely available (e.g by downloading the FPGA development environment) but ...
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Removing copyright from the footer of a website theme
I have a WordPress theme developed by GoDaddy (license: GPL-2.0).
The footer of all pages has this copyright:
Primer WordPress theme by GoDaddy.
I want to remove it, is it allowed?
I have made ...
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Bundling JetBrains OpenJDK in closed source software
I am developing a software that comes bundled with JDK. I am planning to use JetBrains OpenJDK for this purpose as it comes with swing support for HighDPI monitors.
JetBrains OpenJDK can be found in ...
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Can my website use DHTMLX Scheduler's GNU GPL license?
I want to add DHTMLX Scheduler on the website I am making. The website will provide a certain service for free to its users and I need the calendar to be used by the users to schedule and be notified ...
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Using GPL licensed library over a service for non-GPL softwares
I want to use a GPL v2 licensed library(esper) for commercially distributed non-GPL softwares but I need to make sure non-GPL software not violate GPL license.
Can I use this library indirectly using ...
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Can library that took parts of library licensed under GPL with Classpath Exception be licensed under MIT?
I've spotted the library (library M) where developers took some source files from GPL with Classpath Exception licensed library (library G), included them in their project and changed namespaces and ...
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Plugin (consuming GPL V2 licensed binaries) for main application (not GPL)
I want to write a plugin for a software that will not be licensed with GPL.
However as this plugin needs to communicate with OPC, I wanted to use the .net standard OPC stack.
This 'program' is ...
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Do I need a license when I use licensed libraries in my app?
I have an Android app using two libraries (GPLv2 and APLv2).
I read that GPLv2 and APLv2 are incompatible.
I will show which open source libraries I've used and tell the reader which licenses the ...
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How can a GPLv2 dependency affect licensing of adjacent components that form an aggregate project?
I've read some of the GPL questions on here that seem relevant, but I haven't found an understandable answer for my particular case. I'll note them here for reference.
When does a dependency imply a ...
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Is illegally obtained GPLv2 software still subject to the terms and conditions of the GPL?
Let's say some company is developing a software component licensed under GPLv2. The company never intends to release the software to the public because they are only installing it on their internal ...
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Explanation about open source codes and licences
I need to understand rules that I only read but never understood completely. I'm asking here some clarifications.
I read that GPLv2 licence imposes that a developer, developing a software using codes ...
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How should I mark a source file with GPLv2 as a derivative work?
I want to include a file with GPLv2 license in my project (which is also GPL, so there are no worries there). The file starts with a copyright line, and the license information.
I'll be making ...
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Sass project with modules licensed under MIT and GPLv2
I am having trouble working out some license issues with a Sass project I'm working on.
I've created an HTML documentation template, and the CSS part is build with Sass. I'm using third party Sass ...
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Do programs that run mplayer have to provide source code according to the GPL?
mplayer is a GPL v2 license.
There is a program called a.out that calls mplayer.
The a.out source code is shown below.
#include <stdio.h>
void main(void){
system("mplayer test....
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Using MariaDB on server
MariaDB server is GPLv2.
I plan to use it on a server, unmodified, for let's say an online shop.
The users would have a GUI and through this GUI they would add products to a cart.
Would this be ...
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Are Amx Mod X plugins under GPL v3 license?
The Amx Mod X is:
AMX Mod X is a versatile Half-Life metamod plugin which is targetted toward server administration.
It has a wide array of scripting capabilities so people can write "plugins", ...
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GPL v2 and proprietary extensions
I am trying to understand when do the GPLv2 spreads from a program to its extensions and vice versa.
Everything I've read seems to say that if you use a module (shared library or any other "tightly ...
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Propietary software + GPL source code modified to work with my propietary software
1) I find the source code for a program that is GPL licenced (ie, a video player, which supports playing videos at 16k resolution! [joke]).
2) I wanna play a video on it, but it doesn't offer an ...
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Renting out remote access to VMs with a modified GPL kernel
As I have read you can modify and use the Linux kernel if you do not distribute the binary of that modified version. The confusion that I have is that, suppose that if AWS were to provide a kernel ...
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Relicensing from GPLv3 to GPLv2
I have an open source project on GitHub released under GPL3. I want to re-license it under GPL2. 99.9% of the program is written by me, only few lines of code is written by other people.
Can I re-...
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Can I use images and resources available with GPL3 code?
I would like to use images available in a github repository that is marked with GPL3 license. If I proper reference it, can I use and modify it without author's explicit consent?
If so, is it still ...
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How do I make GPL “or later” contributions to a GPL “only” project?
I am making contributions to a GPLv3-only project. I want to make it clear now that, when the time comes, I am happy for my contributions to be used in any later version. This way, if the maintainers ...
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Threatening with non-renewal of contract when users distribute the GPLv2-licensed software
Scenario:
Bob develops patches for Linux. Because Linux is licensed under the GPLv2, these patches are also licensed under GPLv2.
Bob distributes these patches only to people who have a contract ...
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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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Is a repo with just a COPYING file GPL-X-only or GPL-X-or-later?
It is a common convention to include the full license text in a file named COPYING (or LICENSE) in the root folder of a repo. Sometimes, the developer:
does nothing more (no copyright byline in the ...
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EOS - How to understand license agreement of Linux kernel derivative?
EOS (the industry-leading, Linux-based network operating system) runs across the entire portfolio of Arista’s network switches as well as in a virtual machine instance (vEOS).
EOS operating system ...
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Can I distribute unmodified GPLv2 binaries without the source code?
If I distribute someone else's unmodified GPLv2 software as a part of my product, what obligations do I have regarding source code distribution?
Do I have to host the source independently and ...
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Binary patches to a GNU GPLv2-licensed executable
I have a library released under a license incompatible with the GPL. That library adds some critical feature to the GPL program that I want to modify. And I also want to make the result available to ...
