Unanswered Questions
259 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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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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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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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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using Open Font License (OFL) in commercial project
I was searching for better fonts and icons and ended up on Google Fonts. I was able to download the fonts for free which were under OFL. According to the included license file,
The fonts and ...
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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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Supply license information in a compound commercial product
Disclaimer: I'm not entirely sure if this is the correct stack-exchange for this matter.
We're a small to medium company in the EU (about 70 employees). We develop and sell equipment and accompanying ...
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Are 2 and 3-clause-BSD licenses' texts in the public domain?
I've been reading about BSD Lisenses on Wikipedia recently and the article said that 4 and 3-clause BSD Licenses' texts are in the public domain. But there weren't any links that would prove this ...
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If I use a CC-BY-SA artwork as part of my book cover art, do I need to share my entire book cover art under a similar license?
I'm confused about the share alike part of the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license which states:
share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must ...
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Blender addon interface with non-GPL compatible renderer through OpenGL driver using system library exception?
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I'm making a 3D rendering addon for Blender which is GPL 2/3 code that needs to communicate with non-GPL compatible library that does the rendering. I need some of this communication to be as fast ...
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