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What is the diffrence between the BSD and MIT licenses? [duplicate]
I assume based on this answer that the only difference between the MIT and BSD is the fact that MIT doesn't require credits when redistributing. Is that right? Is there any reason to use one over the ...
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Does a BSD-licensed project need a signed statement from each contributor?
Today I read on Fossil SCM's mailing list:
The problem with BSD is that you really should get a signed form from each
contributor stating that their contribution is BSD. This is automatic with
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How to document a dual open source license?
If a project is dual-licensed GPL & BSD, should there be one LICENSE file with the text of both licenses? Or two separate files, one for each license?
And I think I should put a copyright/license ...
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Incorporating GPL Code in my Open Source Project
I have downloaded a currently inactive GPL project with a view to updating it and releasing the completed codebase as open source. I'm not really a fan of GPL though and would rather licence my ...
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Best way to reliably recognize open source licenses?
In many projects these days most of the novel code consists of glue code that helps combine dozens of different libraries, plugins and helpers that are licensed under a variety of open source ...
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MIT vs. BSD vs. Dual License
My understanding is that:
MIT-licensed projects can be used/redistributed in BSD-licensed projects.
BSD-licensed projects can be used/redistributed in MIT-licensed projects.
The MIT and the BSD ...
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What are the legal considerations when forking a BSD-licensed project?
I'm interested in forking a project released under a two-clause BSD license:
Copyright (c) 2010 {copyright holder}
All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, ...
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Is there a license where all rights are granted?
The licenses I know, including open source and the less restrictive ones like BSD, make it mandatory to:
Retain the copyright notice, and/or:
Indicate that the precise part of source code was ...
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Can I license parts of my code under different licenses
Can I license different parts of my code (different classes) under different licenses?
E.g. I have downloaded and modified a class which licensed under the BSD 3 point.
Can I then say, file ...
