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Is it legal to reverse engineer source from an Apache-2.0 licensed binary, and redistribute that source?
I've recently discovered a tool that is distributed binary-only under the Apache-2.0 license. The authors are clear and explicit that the tool is not "open source" (there is no source code ...
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Using a FOSS license for binaries created in a hex editor
For about a year and a half, I have been working on a creating series of minimal ELF executables that print terminal control escape sequences to clear the screen. My workflow is a bit backwards - ...
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Clarification on using FFmpeg in an open source app
Can someone please clarify the legality of bundling and using the full version of FFmpeg (with included libx264 and libx265 and other gpl codecs) in an open source app.
I don't want to modify ...
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Open source software: How do I know whether it uses the actual code? [duplicate]
Because of the current debate about tracking and privacy regarding the new Corona apps, I'd like to know in general, if an app or software really uses solely the code that it claims to be build on if ...
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Can I have the source code of my Python/C++ project under MIT/BSD/Apache2.0 and its PyPI binary wheel under GPLv2?
I am trying to find how to license my open source project, but after having spent a few hours Googling around, my head started to hurt! Instead of asking a million of questions about different ...
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MIT-licensed app without the source code
There is one very cool app on GitHub, under the MIT license. However, for some reason, the author has not published the source code, only binaries.
Is it allowed under the MIT license to provide ...
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Can a quine be distributed as binary only and be open source?
If the author of a program that outputs its own source code (quine) makes it open source, can others just distribute it as binaries?
Does it matter which popular open source license he used, say GPL ...
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Do licenses actually apply to the source code or product itself?
I'm new to licensing and want to clarify something. Do licenses (such as Apache, MIT, GNU General Public etc.) apply to the source code or the (compiled) program?
I thought it applied to the source ...
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Is there any way to assert that a source code correspond to a compiled code?
When using a program that was compiled from open source code by a 3rd party and not by yourself directly, how is it possible to check that the binary program is well built against an exact source code ...
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