New answers tagged licensing
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License for JavaScript which doesn't permit minification?
There are no (open-source) licenses that meet your requirements and I am not sure if it is possible to write a license for them at all.
The inclusion of the license in distributing the JS library, ...
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LGPL 3 and Java package renaming
The intention of the LGPLv3 license is that the users of your library are allowed and able to
recreate the JAR file you provided
make improvements to the dependency
use their version of the JAR file ...
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What happens if I don't attribute for a library that has MIT or Apache license?
The only way you are legally allowed to distribute the libraries are if you comply with the terms of the license(s). Both the MIT and Apache licenses require that you attribute the libraries (and ...
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Licensing of my code when using a GPL-licensed program for code coverage
Correct. You can use GPL-licensed developer tools to develop proprietary software. Use of Linux, GCC, Emacs, OpenCppCoverage all don't matter.
To be pendantic, it can depend on how these tools work. ...
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Who owns code in a GitHub organization?
GitHub explains this in their Terms of Service:
You own content you create, but you allow us certain rights to it, so that we can display and share the content you post. You still have control over ...
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Who owns code in a GitHub organization?
GitHub user accounts, including organization accounts, have nothing to do with legal ownership of the copyright of work posted under those accounts. Your copyright attaches automatically to any ...
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If somebody else distributes my GPL program without the source code, am I liable to fulfil written source requests?
If you did not distribute the binaries in or on a physical product (including a physical medium like a CD-ROM) that was accompanied by a written offer for the sources, then nobody can redistribute ...
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Is there a way to only permit open-source mods for my video game to stop people from stealing code or at least enforce proper attribution?
Thanks to @Philipp, @MadHatter and @Lupe.
From what I can gather from their answers, completely forcing Modders to be open-source would either risk alienating my community or be very tedious to ...
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Is there a way to only permit open-source mods for my video game to stop people from stealing code or at least enforce proper attribution?
It sounds like you are looking for a technical solution to a social problem. That usually doesn't work.
Yes, most open source licenses have a clause that requires attribution. But if someone refuses ...
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Is there a way to only permit open-source mods for my video game to stop people from stealing code or at least enforce proper attribution?
Provide a legitimate route for mods to run on the game, and have it pull from public git repos
Assuming your game uses unity, or similar, there is little you can do to stop people modding it. There's ...
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Is there a way to only permit open-source mods for my video game to stop people from stealing code or at least enforce proper attribution?
I find myself thinking about the development of the calculus. Newton invented it first but didn't publish, merely sharing his unpublished notes with a few hand-picked members of the Royal Society. ...
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BSD-3 Licensing in Framework's Documentation
BSD-3 is a permissive license, which means that as long as you provide attribution to the original authors and as long as you provide the license language you can freely use it in your project.
We are ...
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Permissive license that prevents copyleft
You're asking for a permissive licence that requires derivatives to be under the same permissive licence.
There is a term for licences that grant the same rights as permissive licences, excepting the ...
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Permissive license that prevents copyleft
The Apache License 1.1 is a good choice to meet your requirements.
It's a free and permissive license, and it has the following condition which is not unreasonable:
Products derived from this ...
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Alpine Linux and package versioning: can the license change in a release patch?
Version numbers are, at best, a social contract between developers, packagers, and end users. You should not assume that version numbers will satisfy SemVer with respect to legal aspects like ...
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