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Helm charts with AGPL licenses
Some helm charts (for example https://github.com/minio/charts/blob/master/LICENSE) are using AGPL license. Helm chart is an instruction for helm https://helm.sh/ to deploy a cloud application to ...
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What was Winning Strategies, Inc.?
Core libraries on many Linux and BSD based systems include copyright notices similar to this:
Copyright (c) 1993 Winning Strategies, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and ...
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Require attribution with AGPL
I've read
Is ONLYOFFICE restricting our freedom with their FAQ? (AGPL v3)
and What are the attribution requirements of the AGPL license?
but can't come to a definitive answer - how can I require ...
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What license does the auto-generated code of Webpack have?
When I pack my application, Webpack generates additional code into the bundle output file(s). Under which license is this code and am I not obliged to include that license into the source code (as it ...
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Are weights of a neural network derivative work of the GPL-3 training framework?
I could not really find a satisfying answer here yet, this question touches it but kind of reversed.
For example the training framework for Yolo v7 is used to train a neural network using the config (...
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What might be the licence for OpenAI model generated code snippets?
I saw an interesting video on computer-generated code snippets. The model has been trained on thousands of open source GitHub repositories.
In the video, an AI model produced some small code ...
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Deriving from a GPL LaTeX package
Would it be against the GPL to publish a work (eg. a preamble) that has a dependency on both GPL and LPPL packages? The LPPL is not GPL compatible.
Could I argue that the LPPL package is a system ...
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Can my paid WordPress plugin have a proprietary license?
WordPress is licensed under (GPLv2 or later). WordPress states that all plugins hosted under the WordPress Plugin Directory must be licensed under GPL.
We have a Free version of our plugin that is ...
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Is it allowed to statically link to a library licensed under Eclipse Public License 2.0 without publishing the source code of linked software?
Let's say I've developed a library and licensed it under EPL 2.0.
If somebody statically links his/her software to my library, is that software considered a derivative/modified work?
Does s/he has to ...
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How do I use a 3rd party 3-clause BSD license in a LGPL project?
I'm thinking of publishing my project (VSCode extension; binary and source) under LGPL. My code "statically links" a static library that is licensed under 3-clause BSD.
Does that work?
How ...
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System libraries and exceptions regarding closed source distribution
There are some specific usage examples I would like to learn, regarding of using some open source libraries inside a commercial closed source product(binary, executable). Most of the answers online ...
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Copyright considerations for using IEC standard in open-source code
I'd like to create an open-source database of electronic components and their standard, manufacturer-independent attributes. So, for example, a user could query the manufacturer part number for a ...
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Bumptech glide licensing
I'm using bumptech/glide for loading images in my app.
After reading the License i saw that most of the library was licensed under the Apache License except for the AnimatedGifEncoder.
License for ...
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Java 11 program, GPLv2 + Classpath Exception license do I need to check everything
So following this schema if I wish to do everything free I can use the JDK's that are on https://jdk.java.net/
Now say that I wish to publish ready made packages for clients with jlink that I offer ...
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What public domain declarations with fall back permissive licenses are approved by both the FSF and OSI?
I was looking into public domain declarations with fall back permissive licenses (for brevity, I am going to call this concept a "public domain license") recently. For those unaware, it is ...
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