Questions tagged [licensing]
Licensing refers to applying a license to an area of software. Only use this tag if your question concerns the application of a license to an area of interest. If your question concerns a specific license, use the tag that corresponds to your license. For more general questions, use this tag.
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Does the Reciprocal Public Licence require notifications only to be given to the first original licensor?
If person A creates a work under RPL-1.5 and person B creates a work based on person A's work, person B has to notify person A with the changes. If person A then uses these changes and continues to ...
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How to implement BSD Licensed library to MIT License project?
Currently, i'm facing a problem with library licensing in web development. I have my web project in MIT license. Now i'm trying to use library(javascript) that using BSD 2 License (Source from Github)....
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Credit Bootstrap on website
I am creating a website using Bootstrap.
Do I need to credit Bootstrap since it has MIT license?
If so, how can I do that?
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Can i use Apache-2.0 in a project licensed as MIT?
This link tells me not to use MIT under my license when redistributing the Apache 2.0 source code.
Then, if Apache 2.0 or GPL source code is not included, only when specified in the header file and ...
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How is "GPL-2 | GPL-3" to be interpreted?
A lot of packages in R (and I'm assuming in other languages as well) are licesed as "License: GPL-2 | GPL-3". Others as "GPL (>= 2)" and others as "MIT + file LICENSE"....
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How should I put attribution or license when using a minified version of code which does not assert copyright?
I am using some JavaScript code under the BSD 3-Clause License. However, the minified version that they provided does not assert the said license.
Is it fine if I just copy the license provided in ...
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Can the official MySQL connectors be used in a commercial closed-source backend?
The official Oracle MySQL connectors seem to correspond with these GitHub repositories:
mysql-connector-cpp
mysql-connector-nodejs
mysql-connector-python
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They all contain a LICENSE.txt that ...
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gnuplot license compatibility
I have a Python software package Foobar that, amongst other things, uses gnuplot for displaying graphs on the command line. The gnuplot license is open-source, but not compatible with the GPL, so if I ...
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Github, how to add license of fonts I am using in a project?
A while back I made a game and uploaded it's project files on Github and added a MIT license to it. So I was just looking at it and realized that the font I am using in it had some sort of license ...
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How to tell which parts of code are under MIT license?
I am building a javascript application that will be sold commercially with a non-free EULA. I used small sections of code from an MIT licensed project, so I understand I need to include the MIT ...
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AGPL Code reading output from proprietary software
I have the following scenario, and will appreciate any advice on the licensing issues.
THE SCENARIO
I have Application A that is open source, and has an AGPLv3 licence. And I have Application B that ...
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I want to build a new ISO based on official Ubuntu 18.04 ISO, plus some propietary software. What do I have to open-source to comply with GPL2?
What if I do not own the proprietary software but I have been given permission to distribute it (will being able to open-source the build automation help? This would mean only someone with the correct ...
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What are my obligations if I convey software that calls GPL code (specifically via python import), but I do NOT convey the GPL software itself?
Party A writes some software; perhaps intending to distribute it under the MIT or some other permissive license. THe software uses some GPL'd software. Party A conveys the software to party B, without ...
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Is there a licensing restriction shipping proprietary software that packages/redistributes CDDL1.1-licensed software?
We are having a debate about whether we are allowed to package CDDL 1.1 licensed software like jaxb-api as-is with our commercial software. We would provide the licensing terms of CDDL 1.1 as required ...
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License of QtCore in Qt 5.6: LGPL v2.1 or LGPL v3?
In the headers of QtCore 5.6 it says:
-- clip --
** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
** General Public License ...
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ZHST_IMS_Package license issue
The ZHST_IMS_Package 1.0.0 was installed through Application insights nugget packages. As part of black duck scan found this has issue with license and reported as "License Not Found".
I found this ...
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Is use of Creative Common's BY-SA licensed database in software 'adaption'?
I am building a functionality in my propriety software for translation of names between Spanish (and other languages) and English. The translation function works by typing words in Spanish which then ...
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What is a good strategy for gradually preparing a switch to a new version of a license / new license?
I was interested to discover the GPL Cooperation Commitment today, and more particularly the COMMITMENT file they propose to include in a project under GPL v2 or LGPL v2 or v2.1:
https://github.com/...
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Placement of Licensing in Apple Sample Code - Swift
I was going through a tutorial on Apple/Swift and they show a sample project which they offer users to download. On the Swift file, they show:
/* See LICENSE folder for this sample's licensing ...
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Do I need to include license files/info from android ndk toolchain into my library?
So I have a native library for Android that is built with ndk17.
Do I need to include license information from android toolchain with my library package?
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License for example implementations in C++ standard committee proposals?
I'd like to use some code in the example implementation section of a C++ standard committee proposal. (Specifically, from A Proposal to Add Y Combinator to the Standard Library.)
The paper itself is ...
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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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License for your TreeFrog application
I have come across the TreeFrog framework. While its license is BSD, it still uses qmake to compile as seen in the tutorial. So does TreeFrog's BSD license or Qt's LGPL license apply to the ...
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can I use CC BY-SA 3.0 media (pictures) in a software partly licensed under a non-derivative license?
I am working on software that contains graphics I didn't make, that are licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Since the software contains other parts I didn't make, I want to put it under two different ...
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Copy part of GNU FDL-licensed document
I'm writing some documentation for a project of mine. This project depends on a GNU project so I must license it under the GNU GPL. In future, it might be integrated in that GNU project so I'm ...
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Can I use GPL-licensed software in a commercial program?
Can I use GPL-licensed software in a commercial program? I know that the use of source code in a commercial program is forbidden but if I use system call functions for example I make the call a bash ...
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How to correctly handle software licenses?(code under GPL3 making use of code under Apache2)
I'm new to work in software developing by myself and I'm not sure what is the correct way to handle licenses, so far I'm working on a java project using maven (google json simple and junit pugins).
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Can i use multiple licenses in my free project?
I will plan write project for portfolio for free use with no modifying source code of dependencies and publish it on github. Dependencies is openjdk (gplv2+cpe), spring (apache 2.0), hibernate (LGPL 2....
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