User D. SM

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How do I become a regular contributor to GitHub FOSS projects?

answered May 11, 2020 at 1:33

26 votes

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What is the correct term for software whose source code is available only to read?

proprietary-code terminology

answered Jun 24, 2020 at 3:14

21 votes

What are the benefits of having a benevolent dictator for life (BDFL) on OSS?

contributor project-management

answered Jul 8, 2020 at 0:57

17 votes

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Can I get paid to make code that includes GPLv2 libraries?

licensing apache-2.0 gpl-2

answered Jun 30, 2020 at 13:27

7 votes

Contributing as a company

contributor contributor-agreements

answered May 13, 2020 at 20:24

6 votes

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What is the difference between contributor, member and collaborator?

github contributor

answered Jul 11, 2020 at 6:10

5 votes

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Can I make a JS Library license 'MIT' if the JS library includes a paid commercial license

licensing mit commercial

answered May 11, 2020 at 2:11

5 votes

I made my own open source license. Is it any good? Is it legal?

licensing open-source

answered Jul 8, 2020 at 17:10

5 votes

Can I use (statically or dynamically linked) mingw-w64 runtime libraries for commercial purposes?

licensing lgpl commercial linked-libraries linking

answered May 16, 2020 at 6:24

4 votes

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Why is the ath10k driver nonfree if it ships with Linux?

linux-kernel freedoms

answered Jun 6, 2020 at 2:52

4 votes

How to enforce CC-BY in data generated by a program, if I open-source that program as well?

proprietary-code cc-by

answered May 13, 2020 at 2:47

4 votes

Original author splitting up and developing independent fork

apache-2.0 forking

answered May 16, 2020 at 5:44

4 votes

Enforceability of codes of conduct for smaller projects

community

answered Jan 19, 2021 at 23:10

3 votes

What does "user-visible display" in RPL mean?

licensing attribution

answered May 13, 2020 at 20:37

3 votes

How to add {copyright, license, etc} to restructuredText source?

license-notice documentation

answered May 13, 2020 at 3:12

3 votes

How to completely get rid of proprietary code in the library?

apache-2.0 proprietary-code network-protocol

answered May 11, 2020 at 2:46

2 votes

Under what license may I take and use screenshots of LibreOffice?

software license

answered May 16, 2020 at 6:05

2 votes

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Release an application that uses Flutter under the GPL?

gpl bsd android

answered May 16, 2020 at 6:54

1 vote

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Can I freely redistribute MongoDb community .msi installer with proprietary software

licensing redistribution

answered Aug 17, 2020 at 20:30

-2 votes

Does reading code and re-implementing the logic, and releasing under your name count as a licensing violation of MIT?

mit copyright source-code

answered May 16, 2020 at 6:37

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20 Answers

How do I become a regular contributor to GitHub FOSS projects?

What is the correct term for software whose source code is available only to read?

What are the benefits of having a benevolent dictator for life (BDFL) on OSS?

Can I get paid to make code that includes GPLv2 libraries?

Contributing as a company

What is the difference between contributor, member and collaborator?

Can I make a JS Library license 'MIT' if the JS library includes a paid commercial license

I made my own open source license. Is it any good? Is it legal?

Can I use (statically or dynamically linked) mingw-w64 runtime libraries for commercial purposes?

Why is the ath10k driver nonfree if it ships with Linux?

How to enforce CC-BY in data generated by a program, if I open-source that program as well?

Original author splitting up and developing independent fork

Enforceability of codes of conduct for smaller projects

What does "user-visible display" in RPL mean?

How to add {copyright, license, etc} to restructuredText source?

How to completely get rid of proprietary code in the library?

Under what license may I take and use screenshots of LibreOffice?

Release an application that uses Flutter under the GPL?

Can I freely redistribute MongoDb community .msi installer with proprietary software

Does reading code and re-implementing the logic, and releasing under your name count as a licensing violation of MIT?