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Relicensing a library to GPL when an MIT-licensed program depends on it
I wrote a library and released it under the MIT license. Another developer and I started another project that depends on my library; it is also under the MIT license. I want to relicense my library ...
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Using one source code file from other project with different license type
I want to use one source code file from other open source project which is licensed under GPL3. That source code will be used to perform a single task in my project.
My entire project is licensed ...
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Dual license open source software?
I'm building a piece of open source code that I want to use the AGPLv3 license, but at the same time, if a company pays a fee, I want to allow them to access the software using a much more permissive ...
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Clarification: Dual licensed under the MIT or GPL Version 2 licenses
I've been reading the differences between these two licenses for a few hours now and it is still quite not clear to me how this duality works. As far as I understood, the MIT license basically gives ...
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Can I license code that links to GPL code under a more permissive license?
I'm working on a project that I want to release under the MIT license. However, it includes a GPL'ed library. I understand this means I must release my work under GPL. Am I able to release the whole ...
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What is the way to handle a project that is a mix of software and non-software items?
Our project is partly software, and partly 3d models and images. To me, the language of the MIT license, which specifically refers to software, doesn't really seem applicable to the parts that aren't ...
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Is it correct in general to have both MIT and Apache license for the same project
I am using the javascript library Datejs in my project, the library states in their website that the code is released under the MIT Licence but the code published on their GitHub account is published ...
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Using OSS of different licenses in MIT-licensed software
If I create a new MIT-licensed OSS project and use other software with different licenses (MIT, GPLv3, no license), what is the best way to create a compliant repository?
We thought of adding a ...
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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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Can software be both MIT licensed and in the public domain?
docopt.rs is dual-licensed under the MIT and Unlicense.
How can the software be both copyrighted and in the public domain? Is this an example of invalid licensing?
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Can I apply one license to specific users and another to others?
Suppose I am a developer. I am developing a piece of software. I decide I want to make this code open source. But... I only want developers (or people that will be using the code in other projects) to ...
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