Questions tagged [gpl-3]
The General Public License, offered by GNU. Use this tag if the question involves version 3 of the license.
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Is keeping the forking link on a true fork necessary (Github/GPL)?
This question is about a true fork (with new name, different features, different objectives and not targeting a pull request).
When I am developing a new application based on an other project I ...
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Is macOS notarization compatible with the GPLv3?
Apple's documentation for notarization states that:
Beginning in macOS 10.14.5, all new or updated kernel extensions and
all software from developers new to distributing with Developer ID
must ...
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org-rs: can I use MIT/Apache2/LGPL license?
I am working on a project https://github.com/org-rs/org-rs written in Rust programming language.
The goal of the project is to provide a parser for the Org markup language.
Because of the ...
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Can it be possible to prevent user from changing donate link in a GPL licenced project?
I'm going to place my app (a dictionary) under the GPL Licence. I don't care if everybody changes the source code, fix bugs or add some new features to it; but I don't want developer changes donation ...
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Adding a self-contained class to a GPL v3 project. Do I need to release the code of the new class?
I'm using a GPL version 3 licensed Open Source client written in Python and have compiled it into a .deb file and distributed to around 900 users over the last few years. This client connects to the ...
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GPL 3.0 Licence Query
if I’m using an open source GPL-3.0 library in my saas product, do I need to publish my code under the same license as well?
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Can I develop a front-end under a different license than the GPL-license CLI application?
I want to develop and distribute a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for an existing command-line tool (LibLouis).
I want to do so using .NET WPF or Windows Forms, but the library of Liblouis is written ...
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Using a GPL 3.0 parser generator for an MIT licensed program
If I used a GPL 3.0 licensed program like jacc to generate a parser generator which I incorporate into an MIT licensed program, do I have to release my program as GPL?
Note that the grammar ...
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Developping a Qt game engine under GPL-3 license: can I force users to pay a fee if they want to commercialize their games (software output)?
I'm using Qt Open source so I have my software under GPL-3 license. I would like the engine to be free for users that are not using their output games for commercial use. For commercial use, I would ...
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shiny and GPL-3
I'm tasked with developing a dashboard using shiny, but I'm concerned about the GPL-3 license. My understanding is this, and please correct me where I've gone wrong:
If the dashboard is used inside ...
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GPL v3 - Does freely distributed software that includes GPL licensed code also require sharing source?
The Arkansas Division of Land Surveys shares all of their documents as pdfs with password protection, and they have a little viewer app that has the password built in:
https://surveyor.arkansas.gov/...
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Is there a legal definintion of a file?
The MIT, GPL, and Apache Licenses all make references to "files".
Here are example of such references:
(all emphasis added)
MIT:
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person ...
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What is really accepted as an open source project for GPLv3?
Let's say I want to use a Javascript component that is under the GPLv3 license.
That forces me to license my product under an open source license compatible with GPLv3.
So, let's say I have an ...
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Is it legal to fork “gpl 2 or later” software and make “gpl 2 only” changes
I've found interesting open source project (mostly dead now) and I would like to fork it, fix some bugs and use it. The project is licensed under "gpl 2 or later", however I'm not big fan of "gpl 3", ...
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Is LGPL compatible with GPLv3?
If I have a project using LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License), would I be able to use within it another component which is under GPLv3?
Is there any site where I can see all the compatible ...
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GPLv3 disclaimer ineffective?
GPLv3:
Acceptance Not Required for Having Copies.
You are not required to accept this License in order to receive or run a copy of the Program.
But if Acceptance Not Required to run a ...
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Can I publish only select code under GPLv3 from a private project?
So my team is planning to go open source with a project that has been in development together with an industry partner for some time now. We're not sure about the licensing yet, but GPLv3 looks ...
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Can I use proprietary library in a GPL-Compatible library loaded on a gpl Program?
I am asking mainly to be sure.
To describe it better, I want to use some external functionality that is available through a proprietary library. Since the library IS NOT compatible with GPL Programs, ...
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If I use GPLv3, am I responsible for the damage caused by my program?
For example, deleting files from a user's computer, or transferring personal data from a user's computer to someone?
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Can a copyleft, GPLv3 project be closed by its copyright holder?
Let's say a private company released a popular software product under a copyleft (GPLv3) license. It's business model was offering consulting services and premium features for a fee, which in turn ...
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Open-source project and assets
There is open-source project under GPL 3 hosted on GitHub. The project contains source code and assets (images, sounds etc.). Can I legally use only assets (without soruce code) for custom, commercial ...
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GPLv3 - Explicit version number / “or any later version” - Implications?
This is my understanding about how software licenses work in most jurisdictions — I add this, because it might help to clearify things:
When I attach a license to a program, the license governs my ...
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Pitfalls for beginners forking GPL3 code on GitHub?
I have found a nice program on GitHub that reads data from “A” and puts it in a text file, it is released under GPL3.
I want to modify it to put the data in a database instead and then release it as ...
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Adding a very minor part of GPL3 code to a BSD-licensed project
I am porting a library that somebody else released under BSD-3 license from Fortran to C++. In order to make it run easily under C++, I am using an interface that is only a very minor and almost ...
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Am I allowed to decompile a GPL3 software if I didn't get source with it?
Consider a situation if I have a code licensed with GPL3, but no source arrived with it.
The original source code is unavailable, either because the other part simply won't give it (violating GPL3 ...
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Is a git repository enough to show changes to the code for GNU-GPLv3?
I want to create a fork of an opensource project.
I'm planning to make significant changes to it and I will keep these changes on a git(hub) repository that is available to anyone. As such changes ...
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Qt Assistant under GPL3 + Qt Company GPL Exception 1.0
I have a proprietary closed-source project. In this project I use Qt5 under LGPL.
Now I want to add documentation to my project. Can I just add Qt Assistant into my distribution (under GPL3-EXCEPT, ...
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LGPL3 code in GPL3 project
It seems like this should be obvious, but I'm not finding an answer. LGPL is a subset of GPL, IIRC, so can I use LGPL code in a GPL project?
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can hello world be GPLv3+ licensed?
For the purpose of giving (on the phone) a micro tutorial on GNU make, I am considering writing two hello world programs in C.
The first one fits in a single file helloworld1.c
The second ...
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Can GPL-3.0 licensed product be integrated with a commercial product , if it is hosted as a separate microservice?
The plan is to use mosaico - open source email editor under license GPL-3.0 - in one of our commercial products. If we hosted mosaico as a separate microservice (with gpl license) and our non gpl ...
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Copyright of MIT licenced libraries usage within GPL licensed code
My software is completely written in python and has the following architecture of down cascaded dependencies. I plan to share my whole source code (FileA, FileB, FileC) next time in GitHub:
FileA: ...
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Can I translate an app under GPLv3 into Swift without using GPLv3?
Can I translate an App from Android using GPLv3 into Swift? Because actually I don't use any source code. Do I need to keep it under GPLv3 and open source? Is there any method to avoid infection if it ...
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GNU GPL based commercial project
I am currently developing a IoT based software which will run on a Raspberry pi and distributed to user(like a product). I also want to place another software on the Raspberry pi which will work in ...
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Restrict GPLv3 to non-commercial use [duplicate]
My question is very similar, but crucially different from this one.
I have a library that I want to offer under a dual license: GPLv3 and commercial. GPL so others can read, maintain and modify if ...
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Is GPL “for research purposes only” self-contradictory?
So I used a piece of software which claims to be open source and is licensed under "GPL for research purposes only".
As far as I know, GPL 2 and 3 are not themselves free, in sense that you can't ...
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Can I insist on GPL version 3.0 terms when requesting GPL code from an embedded manufacturer?
I have an embedded device that contains software licensed under the GPL version 2.0 'or any later version'. The company that produced it never released any GPL code, and I plan to request it from them....
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Clarification of gpl v3 section 9
This question occurred to me as a result of Stephen Kitt's comment below my recent post, How to properly display the Copyright information in the User Interface or product documentation?
His comment:
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Creating a new open source License based off of the GPL? [duplicate]
Hey suppose I would like to create a new modification of the GPL 3.0 license, would I be allowed to copy the GPL, modify it, and then rename it to something else?
I.e. is the GPL license itself open ...
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load in runtime an extern .qml file with GPL license
This is my question related with GPL and extern GPL scripts:
I have a closed source project plus an extern .qml file, in the app root folder, that uses some GPL QT modules (for example, Virtual ...
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Using iText library with AGPL license to make application open sourced
I am working on a project to generate a 508 compliant annual PDF Publication from our database using iText 7 java library. This library works great for accessible PDFs. We are in the process of ...
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Can I add a license to a forked repository? Can I license only my added code?
I would like to fork an existing repository which has no existing license. I would then like to add the GNU GPLv3 license to any code that I write, but it seems as though I cannot apply this license ...
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Can GPL v3 Back-End be used for iOS apps without opening of whole program code
We are developing an iOS app in which all of the front-end is based on MIT/Apache/BSD components, while server part is fully on GPL v3.
All these licenses are compatible, so there is no problem with ...
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Can we use the source code of a GPL library when we have contributed to the library
I have contributed to a GPL library and I am using that library in my project as a module. Do I have to make my entire project open source or, as I have contributed to the library and the source code ...
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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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Used code from two differnetly licensed projects - which license should I use for mine?
In my project, I have copied and used code from two other projects, one of which is licensed under GPLv3 and the other one has an MIT license.
Which license should I use for my project?
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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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How to license or patent an open standard for a GPL program?
I am starting an open source project that consist of two parts: a program for reading, writing, modifying, and displaying information from file and a standard for the file. Obviously, this project may ...
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Redistributing MSVC runtime components with GPL application
A library I used in my native Visual C++ application was GPLv3-licensed; I found the GPL acceptable, and thus I was planning to make my application GPL-licensed as well. The application depends on ...
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Is renting a vps makes me the owner?
I am making a website and the website components are one master server and a lot of slave VPS, as usual the VPS providers will rent those servers to me.
The website will use a module which is under ...
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Can I use GPL v3 licensed software in a commercial application that is accessed through web APIs?
A product that I'm developing uses a component that is licensed under GPL v3.
I do not want to redistribute the software: I plan to have a paid service where users can access my software through ...
