Questions tagged [mpl]
For questions about the Mozilla Public License (MPL), a license created and maintained by the Mozilla Foundation.
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MPL for core C++ and MIT for python interface and others: is this sound?
I'm developing a high-performance algorithm library for robotics applications. The implementation consists of C++ core algorithms with Python bindings and YAML configuration support.
My objective is ...
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Do I need to publish source code when building on Linux image?
I have an application that is built on a Linux image with some libraries that contain licenses like GPL-2.0, GPL-3.0, LGPL-2.1, and MPL-2.0 which I understand to be copyleft. I'm new to OSS licenses ...
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Porting portions of code under MPL-2.0 to another project and language under MIT
I'm seeking some advice regarding the following situation.
I want to port portions of code from a C++ source file, more specifically two methods that implement an algorithm I'm interested in for my PL/...
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When Bootstrap relicensed from Apache 2.0 to MIT back in 2014, could they have chosen MPL-2.0 to solve the issue they ran into?
It seems like the issue they ran into that triggered this is that Apache 2.0 was considered incompatible with GPLv2 which was hindering adoption, based on this github issue: https://github.com/twbs/...
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What is a Modification in MPL 2.0
In the case of a Software Project under Mozilla Public License (MPL) version 2.0.
Given that I want to extend the Covered Software through a bigger Project.
The following is an example where File A is ...
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MPL license: Can I completely lose grants?
In MPL license:
5.1. The rights granted under this License will terminate automatically if You fail to comply with any of its terms. However, if You become compliant, then the rights granted under ...
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What is the best weak copyleft licence against patent trolling?
To avoid an XY question, the general requirements I have are:
The licence should not impose operational complexity for downstream users of a library (users should not be forced to think about linking)...
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