Questions tagged [website]
For questions about using legal licenses for creative content that is primarily displayed or offered via web pages or sites.
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What are the implications of licensing a JavaScript library under GPL?
When searching for "gpl javascript" in Google, I currently find these five first results:
A piece by RMS warning about how we are using more and more web apps and that we should care whether these ...
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If a part of the client-side code is licensed under GPL, does the server-side code have to be under GPL as well?
Say a part of the JavaScript which is provided to the client's browser is under GPL. Does this mean that server-side code also has to be made public under GPL as well?
The GPL states:
"You must ...
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Can I use a GPL component in my site without having to disclose the sources of my site?
In which of the following situations can I use a GPL component in my website without having to GPL or disclose the source code of my entire site?
The component is a JavaScript library that goes into ...
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What copyleft license should I use for my website's HTML/CSS/JavaScript?
If I made a somewhat complicated website, and I want it (the layout/JavaScript) to be under a copyleft license (but not the text), which license should I use?
I want to pull others' forks so I have ...
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Several beginner questions about using MIT-licensed code
I recently made this website, hosted on Github. (Repo)**
The website uses multiple MIT-licensed (or similar licenses) 'code':
Several SVG icons from Wikimedia commons (Icon 1, Icon 2, Icon 3).
Code I ...
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Minified GPL code inside Javascript webapp
This answer on Chess Stack Exchange comes from the lead developer of a webapp for learning chess that integrates a version of Stockfish (a popular chess-playing program released under GPLv3) ...
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How to make my open source project's web domain bus-proof?
If I suddenly die, my small open source project will survive (after all, the source code is open), but it can be hurt quite badly: The project's web domain is owned by me and it could become ...
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Is putting a page with javascript in it considered a redistribution
Imagine, I published a page on the web. It contains some javascript code, which uses open source library. Is it in general considered redistribution?
On one hand, it's a redistribution. You put code ...
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Is a Web application "released" in the sense of GPL?
In the sense of GPL, is a Web application running on a private server without exposing its code considered "released"? (or is the word "distributed"?)
Therefore, if a GPL component is used in a Web ...
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Where to show the MIT license for a webpage theme?
I have found 1-2 interesting Jekyll webpage themes that have the MIT license (on http://jekyllthemes.org/).
I want to use an adjusted version of these themes for my webpage and I understand that I ...
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Using GPL or LGPL licensed framework for web application
I am developing a web application which streams videos. For the frontend I intend to use the richfaces framework for jsf. That framework is licensed under the LGPL v2. Does that mean that I have to ...
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How can an open-source project share web site ownership?
How, with no company or non-profit organization to own an open source project, can I arrange for the project community to hold the ownership of the web site, vs. one person.
Simple in theory, but ...
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Attribution of resources under CC-BY-SA
This seeems like such a simple question but having a hard time finding a definitive answer. Apologies if it has been asked before (and it feels like it should). Please point me in the right direction ...
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GPL-3.0 library in MIT project
I'm working on a project comprised of a small HTML page and a JavaScript script.
From the HTML page I include a library which is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0, and from my script ...
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Can I embed proprietary content in a CC BY-SA website?
I would like to build a free open-source copylefted personal website under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license (or a similar such license).
However, I would like to still be able to ...
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GPLv3 redistribution: when does it apply?
I have written a Java program designed to run server-side with a plain HTML web interface:
I am reusing and I have integrated in this app a bunch of third-party libraries that are licensed under the ...
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