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License compatibility is the comparison of two or more licenses to determine if certain usages and actions can be made. Use this tag if the question would like to determine the compatibility of licenses, or their individual clauses.
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Is it open source for allowing people who have access to the source act as if it's open source?
This comes down to whether you offer the code to the recipients under a true free/open license. The preconditions under which you freely choose to offer the code does not pertain to its status as free …
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Why is the zlib license GPL-compatible
I don't see an issue, as the preservation (and introduction) of legal markings on modified forms, and a prohibition against misrepresentation, are permissible requirements to add to a GPL distribution …
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GPLv2-Only Compatibiliy
A.) My-GPLv2-Only-Solution + MIT Lib
Yes, this is compatible. The combination must be licensed as a whole under the GPLv2, and the MIT parts do not impose any restrictions that make this as-a-whole …
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Is statically linking MIT/X licensed software with a GPLv2 library is illegal?
The X11 license permits virtually anything, as long as you retain copyright notices and mention that X11 permissions apply to some portion of your software. This is compatible with virtually all other …
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Can Commons Clause be used along with AGPL?
As far as I am able to understand the author, the specific claims being made here are:
Some have claimed that it conflicts with AGPL.
There exist some people who claim the AGPL "conflicts" with the …
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Licensing software that uses a proprietary library under GPL-3.0 without linking exceptions:...
When you distribute source code that's available under the GPL, you can simply do it (provided you preserve markings, etc.). It doesn't matter that the source code won't build into a meaningful execut …
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Is Open Public License suitable for libraries?
Note that the FSF does not consider the Open Public License a free software license. Importantly, it requires a developer to send modified code to a single upstream developer, which prohibits sharing …
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Can I use a library that is dual licensed GPL + LGPL as if it was only LGPL?
Yes, if you like, you may ignore the offer to receive the software under the GPL and instead receive it only under the LGPL.
It is redundant, in terms of permissions granted, to offer software under t …
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Can I license code that links to GPL code under a more permissive license?
This is covered (in the affirmative) in a GPL FAQ item:
You have a GPLed program that I'd like to link with my code to build a proprietary program. Does the fact that I link with your program mean I …
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How the big open source firm guarantees their rights
In any nation that is signatory to the Berne Convention, copyright (i.e., a monopoly on redistribution, derivatives, public display, etc.) is automatically in force for the author of a creative work. …
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Who owns the rights to a logo contributed to an open-source project?
Assuming you've submitted the logo as a typical inbound=outbound contribution, you still own the copyright on the logo, but you may not forbid anyone else from from using the logo on copyright grounds …
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Could I remove GPLv2 from this algorithm implementation?
Copyright applies to creative expression. You are correct that algorithms are not expression as copyright understands the concept. However, when you look at the FFT code here, you've not looking at a …
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Microsoft Public License and Mozilla Public License v2: A proper license for the binary form...
You don't have to pick one license, and often you can't unify it under one license. Generally speaking, if you have a work made of code under different licenses,
you may exercise only the intersecti …
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Does Stack Exchange disallow me to use posted contents in an Apache 2.0 licensed project?
In brief, item #1 is incorrect, and item #2 is broadly correct, with possible exceptions.
You may release a copyrighted work under any number of licenses independently and simultaneously. The fact th …
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Bundling GCC along with my GPLv2 project
Since processor core code does not appear to be in any way derivative of GCC, this sounds like a typical case of placing two independent programs side by side, which the GPL FAQ calls "mere aggregatio …
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