Questions tagged [license]
This tag is used for concerns about licenses to software and what rights one grants.
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question about gpl commitment
On https://choosealicense.com/licenses/gpl-2.0/ 3 in the optional steps section it talks about
"If you would like your project to adopt the GPL-3.0’s cure provision, add the text of the GPL ...
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Can I use dynamically linked MinGW runtime libraries with a BSD dll library for commercial purposes?
I had earlier asked Can I use BSD license-based dll statically linked to MinGW under the run-time licence exception?.
Can I use dynamically linked MinGW runtime libraries (f.e. libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll, ...
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Can I use BSD license-based dll statically linked to MinGW under the run-time licence exception?
This BSD DLL depends on 3 MinGW run-time libraries (libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll, libgfortran-3.dll and libquadmath-0.dll). What if I'll compile them statically into BSD dll to eliminate dependences on MinGW ...
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Can i use MIT licensed library in my GPL3 project
I'm writing a library that I want to use in my GPL3 main project and I wonder if I can license the library using the MIT license.
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Can I use a GPL licensed library in my software if its only used in a helper process?
I found a library that uses the GPL-2.0 license. I know about the conflicts between GPL, closed source and commercial projects. I am considering to use a GPL licensed library in an executable (helper....
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If my program use a project with MIT, but I modified some code of it, than do I need to mention that I use this project? [duplicate]
Does MIT require people must to mention the project that they use code or binary files obtained under this license? Even users close source or modified it?
And how about only the binary file or folder ...
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In Dojo Toolkit before 1.14, there is unescaped string injection in dojox/Grid/DataGrid.: CVE-2018-15494
We use an older verion of dojo in our product and our upgrade to newer version needs lot of overhauling of the product code - which is not possible at this wee hour. But we need to get rid of this ...
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Can we use excel4node for commercial
Now I am using excel4node in my product. excel4node is using jszip which using openent. excel4node is under MIT license, jszip under both MIT and GPl license, but openent is GPL licence. So can I use ...
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A license for a python project with unforseen libraries usage and lots of outside contribution?
I'm not good at legalities and this is my first official project so I have little knowledge of copyrights and licenses. I haven't read a lot of legal documents and only a bit of knowledge about ...
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What should I do when using apache licensed library in my github project
I am maintaining a Github project which is owned by our company. It's a sample for demonstrating how to use the software sold by our company.
My question is, if I want to modify code of another ...
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Should I include copyright notices with golang imports?
If i import code from a github repository in my go code by doing something like
import "github.com/.../..."
And this repository is licensed under the MIT license.
Do I need to include the copyright ...
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Licencing a software while working in an enterprise
I work for one of the 4 big consulting companies.
I developed a software on my free time. It gained lot of attention, I was asked to register it as company asset. I guess there are plans to use/sell ...
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Is my software still “free” if I charge for its commercial use and not for non-commercial use?
"If you plan to use [some software] on a commercial basis, you must separately purchase a commercial-use license" [1]
Assuming the commercial-use and non-commercial use licenses for my software both ...
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Own license creation [duplicate]
For instance, in Github, can we declare our own license (in LICENSE.txt): "make any use only if you declare the author", or must we choose known ones like GPL3, MIT, etc
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Can AGPL code depends on closed source code
I have a closed source module (A) in odoo that it working fine without depending on anything.
Now I would like to add an AGPL module(B) and integrate it with the module (A).
So, I am planning to ...
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Trying to understand MIT, BSD and Apache 2.0 licenses and attribution with real examples
Trying to make sense on how MIT, BSD and Apache 2.0 licenses and attribution work, I've taken some real examples from GitHub. The open source software projects below are classified according to these ...
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What I should consider about licenses when starting a software project? [duplicate]
I'm trying to come up with all the license-related considerations I should think about when starting a software project from scratch. I believe taking into account the licenses of programming ...
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Can I use a General Public License code from a github repositiry?
I'm working on PDF password cracking tool which borrows a file from John_the_ripper_bleeding_jumbo. I want only one single file, pdftojohn.pl. How can I use that file?
The licensing information ...
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Distribute binaries of GNU GPL licensed project without source as copyright holder
I don't quite understand what I, the copyright holder of a project, am permitted to do according to the license I have given my project. I want the source code for most versions of the project to be ...
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New Bioconductor package function redistribution
I am creating a new package that I would like to submit to Bioconductor. It's essentially a C code, which is called by R (using Rcpp).
One of the C functions within my package, is the C code of the R ...
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Releasing the source code of a premium feature for another open program
If I use a compiled program/non compiled source code which is under a license that everyone has the rights do use and sell (Eg: GPL) and no one can deny any person to use or sell it and then I want to ...
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Is ONLYOFFICE restricting our freedom with their FAQ? (AGPL v3)
or am I seeing this wrong?
After some digging (It's NOT easy to find on their site), I found the community version ("Open Source" version) of ONLYOFFICE.
However, after reading their FAQ, it seems ...
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Using third-party libraries in my webapp (Python)
I've searched the web for information about this, but haven't found a clear answer, that I understand at least.
I have created an Flask app, which utilizes libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, Scikit ...
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if a company rewards the use of software, which license should apply? [closed]
I need to develop free software for a company. The company will reward me with 8% of the profits. I have to give the source code to the company so that they can modify it if necessary. Is there a ...
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Distribution of Python modules
I've been thinking about create a couple of python-based applications and distributing them for free.
My applications will be only for Windows since it is the system I use personally. What I am ...
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How to handle license for third-party packages?
I've created a Python package, and it contains another package written by a third-party:
my_pkg/
|- vendor
| |- vendoredFoo (MIT license)
|
...
How to handle the license of vendoredFoo, ...
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License that is MIT-like but prevents wholesale republishing or sale of the original [closed]
I'm releasing a bunch of code that is part of free teaching resources and lessons I'm providing.
For the most part, I'm totally fine with others reusing the code however they want. That's the point.
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How to label and license Derivative Works made under Apache License, Version 2.0?
I duplicated a source-code file released under the Apache License, Version 2.0, made very few changes to adapt the code to slightly different situation. So this would seem to be a Derivative Works as ...
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What is the license of models built on pretrained embeddings?
I was trying to figure out this problem in the internet. What if I train embeddings on the wikipedia texts? And then use them in training of my model?
For example, fastText embeddings are distributed ...
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Go vendor license
I am trying to use Hyperledger Fabric open source project and it has been licensed under Apache License 2.0 but while check it's vendor license it got opencontainers/go-digest which is licensed under ...
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Can I ignore an open source license if I checkout a version that was released prior to the code having any license?
There's a package on Github that was released fully without any license and it stayed this way for close to a year. Then just recently after no updates since the initial commit, a License was added. ...
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Under what license may I take and use screenshots of LibreOffice?
Recently, I have been considering making some screenshots of LibreOffice's applications and putting them on my blog (just as graphical examples for the text). But then, I started to think about what ...
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Using an Image from a project governed by a BSD license
I wanted to use some images from a project governed by the 3-clause BSD license, but I can't find any information about whether it's allowed or not. The license specifies:
"Redistribution and use ...
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Does a software license apply to a stripped version of the original binary?
If I create a binary that contains exactly the same class-, method- and field signatures as a proprietary application, but I've left everything else out - does the license of the original app still ...
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Can I use a GPLv3 JavaScript library on a website I'm developing for a client?
I was intending on using a GPLv3 licensed JavaScript library on a website I'm developing for a client. This library would be part of the theme. Will this necessarily make the entire them GPLv3 so my ...
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AGPL used with a modular framework, modules are not open source
As far as i understand, the AGPL license permits me to use the library (https://github.com/Corvusoft/restbed) for a server that faces the web and is publicly accessable, as long as the server it's ...
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Can I use an alternative license on GitHub that is not listed there?
Can I use an alternative license on GitHub that isn't listed? Specifically I want to use License Zero.
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Why am I being asked for a license key to use an open source product?
I am testing the Tyk API Management solution and it asks me to provide a license key: https://tyk.io/product/tyk-on-premises-free-edition/
Why this product is not fully available for free? What ...
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Restrict commercial use to protect users
I have a piece of software that could potentially be modified to provide revenue, but it is not going to be clear where the revenue goes - I want to add a license condition that ensures all users of ...
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Can I remove the Modernizr credit from the top of my .js file?
I am working on a project that uses Modernizr, which uses the MIT license. I have a modernizr-custom.js file containing code downloaded from their website and this at the top:
/*! modernizr 3.6.0 (...
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Are there any hybrid open-source/proprietary software licenses and business models?
Does licensing and ownership of software and intellectual property work on a spectrum of extremes and in-between nuances, or is it an "either this or that" decision?
Let me give concrete examples ...
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Can the fine print (ToS) of Github permit them to seize copyright of my code if someone else uploaded it? [duplicate]
I was alarmed to see that someone uploaded one of my old GPL'd projects to Github. I don't use Github or any other Microsoft product. Github has refused to remove it however, and suggests I contact ...
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Code workflow is licensed Apache 2, but the data generated is BY-NC-SA. Can I recreate the data and commercialize it?
There is a website that offers both a codebase to process some arbitrary public data (as Apache 2.0), but licensed the output data of the workflow as BY-NC-SA 4.0 (at least the processed data on the ...
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Which of the license is used by SaaJ-api ? CDDL or GPL?
I am looking at
https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.xml.soap/saaj-api
It mentions 2 licenses:
CDDL and GPL.
Does it mean it uses both licenses ? or any one of them ? If just one of them how to ...
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GPL with Classpath Exception License
for example, File A.java is distributed under GPL with Classpath Exception License..
And I develop software C. There is a B.java file in C. B.java imports A(not A.jar, but A.java) and call function of ...
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What open source license allows everything except modification?
There are so many licenses that honestly they are making me dizzy. Here is what I want to do:
require my copyright notice and no-warranty statement.
permit people to use + run my code.
don't permit ...
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How can an AGPL library be more permissive when using the library's public APIs?
Server-client based HTTP open-source projects like MongoDB use AGPL/SSPL for their main backend implementation and use a more permissive license for their client so that devs embedding MongoDB clients ...
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MIT license with extra conditions
I read many post and descriptions of MIT license and I have the question that If I use third party library with MIT license that the owner has add extra conditions that limit the use content and the ...
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Can someone else patent an invention that I have introduced in my open source project?
Is open source protected in any way if I haven't filed for a patent myself? Maybe a specific license?
Any examples of open source projects that introduced 'inventions' that could be patented (but they ...
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Java SDK 8 vs. OpenJDK 8 licenses for freelance development
So I'm new to both freelance development and software licensing. However, I still managed to convince a company to let me develop a small piece of software for them (woohoo!).
The company runs JRE 8 ...
