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Who gets source code access with agpl
After reading for what seems days on the specifics of GPLv3 and more specifically AGPLv3, I have one question as far as distributing and to whom.
If I create a web app (server and client) for a ...
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OwnCloud App Licensing
I'm a bit confused about the OwnCloud licensing model. OwnCloud is an AGPL licensed product (at least the open source version is). Does that mean that the only license I can use for an OwnCloud app I ...
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Affero GPL with PHP application and DB keys in localSettings.php
I want to licence a non-trivial PHP application I have been working on under Affero GPL v3 (because I want every admin, who will use it, also release the source code).
However, something troubles me. ...
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Can AfferoGPLv3 code be used in GPLv3 code?
Can software with AGPLv3 license be used with GPLv3 project?
Can the resulting project be GPLv3, or must it have the special requirements of AGPLv3?
I am not very smart from clause 13 of GLPv3 that ...
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Anti Cloud Open Source License
I'm working on a browser based open source monitoring project that I want to be free to the community.
What I'm worried about is someone taking the project, renaming it, deploying it in the cloud and ...
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Is there an open source license that prohibits public hosting, so I can avoid competition?
I am thinking about open sourcing my project, but I want to prohibit public hosting, so noone will put up an alternative website with my code on it, and compete with my site.
Internal networks, like ...
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New license similar to AGPL, but only for Javascript and CSS
I'm developing a piece of software (a WordPress plugin) in PHP and Javascript and CSS. The PHP code must be licensed under GPL, but CSS and Javascript can be under another license (as far as I've ...
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the decisive difference between LGPL and AGPL
What is the decisive difference between LGPL(v3) and AGPL(v3) ?
Both can be used in commercial production, both can also be packed within a payed product. As long as I do not change the source code ...
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What are the legal risks if any of using a GPL or AGPL Web Application Framework/CMS?
Tried to ask this on SO but was referred here...
Am I correct in saying that using a GPL'ed web application framework such as Composite C1 would NOT obligate a company to share the source code we ...
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Using an AGPL 3.0-licensed library for extra functionality in an iOS app
I am building an iOS application, and I am planning to incorporate an AGPL 3.0-licensed library to it to provide some extra (non-essential) functionality. I’ve got a couple of questions regarding ...
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How should I implement my chosen software license?
I have always kind of wondered, but never took my time to actually ask these questions regarding licensing. Most of these questions are presumably pretty basic, but I have no idea what I'm dealing ...
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Does the (A)GPLv3 allow people to contibute code anonymously?
Does AGPLv3 or GPLv3 allow people to contribute code without specifying author of contributed code ?
Does it allow people to fork an (A)GPL-project without specifying authors of forked code ?
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AGPL - what you can do and what you can't
AGPL is a fairly new license that was meant to go GPL-over-networks. However, not being a lawyer, and actually not having read the whole license, I can't understand what exactly you can do freely and ...
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Can I safely use an open source library in an internal closed-source project?
I m thinking of using iTextSharp, which is licensed under Affero GPL, in an internal closed-source WinForms project. No one outside my company will be using it.
GPL (and Affero GPL as well) ...
