Questions about the implementation of software licenses on software, including questions about open-source licenses.
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Can I use aac in an commercial app for free?
I was wondering if I can use the aac codec in my commercial app for free (through lgpl ffmpeg). It says on the wiki:
No licenses or payments are required to be able to stream or distribute content ...
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Sourcecode license: free for personal use and modification but no public distibution
Of one of my apps, I want to make the source code "open source" so that others might adapt the code to their personal needs or even contribute improvements but I don't want anybody to publish "my ...
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Should I obtain a licence from Oracle before developing Java software? [duplicate]
Should I obtain a licence from Oracle before developing Java software? I'm in the preliminary planning stages of developing a server on top of the the Hadoop/Java platforms.
I'm not much at all ...
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Can we use Java for commercial use?
The Java is GPL license (reference from wikipedia). I am not sure I can use it in in commercial projects. I already have a website written in Java and I plan to use this for commercial use. Is that ...
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“Open-source” licenses that explicitly prohibit military applications
I am a researcher, and in my research I do a lot of programming. I am a big fan of the open-source concept - especially in research, where transparency and reproducibility is already a big part of the ...
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Is licensing required for public repositories?
I am planning to start the public repository on github. In this repository I will be sharing code which I will be posting in my blog. I have seen lot of repositories without any license. Is it ...
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May I keep my program closed source if I link it against a static library of which the source is GNU GPLv2?
I'm putting much work in my program and after it's done I want to just setup a small website and sell each copy of the program but I don't want any legal issues.
Do I have to look for another library ...
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Can I license a program under Apache License 2.0, if it is using/including Eclipse Link (EPL or EDL)?
Can I license a program under Apache License 2.0, if it is using/including EclipseLink?
(EclipseLink under Eclipse Public License or Eclipse Distribution License)
I did not change anything in ...
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Is there a modified LGPL license that allows static linking?
LGPL requires that it if a program uses LGPL-ed library, users must be able to re-link the program with a different version of the library:
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d) Do one of the following:
0) Convey the ...
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Do I need to include the Apache 2.0 license in closed source software? [duplicate]
Say I have an application that's based off open source code licensed under Apache 2.0. Do I need to include the original author's copyright headers or some sort of notice in the "about" section of my ...
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MorphAdorner Licensing confusion
I want to use the MorphAdorner library available free for commercial use. But it uses several other libraries that restrict commercial use (like Gate etc). Can I use this library in my application?
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What license is best for this: Software is open source and free to use as long as you don't charge your customers
I'm releasing an open-source jQuery plug-in that is free to use, modify and redistribute as long as you don't directly or indirectly charge your customers. Your software doesn't need to be ...
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GPL v 3 & Scripts
I'm not asking for legal advice; just some rough guidance.
I have a host application in Java that uses the Rhino JS engine to execute JavaScript. That JavaScript can then make calls into other Java ...
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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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Mono patent safety [duplicate]
Could you please share you thoughts about Mono patent safety? Is it risky to use Mono in production for commercial projects? In case of WEB application, for example the following technology stack: ...
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Apache license in non-Apache licensed software; how to distinguish?
The Apache License states:
"You must give any other recipients of the Work or Derivative Works a copy of this License;"
So if you've copied a bunch of functions from some Apache-licensed code (so ...
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Can I use CodeSynthesis XSD (C++/Tree mapping) together with a GPLv3-licensed library?
Is it possible to write an open source project that uses generated code from CodeSynthesis XSD (C++/Tree) and then link it to a third-party library that is licensed under the GPL version 3?
Some ...
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Qt solutions have been re-licensed, can I use the src directly now
I have a commercial application that uses a Qt Solutions component. Until recently, this component was licensed under the LGPL license, so I was forced to use the component in the form of a shared ...
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How to use GPL v3 with Apache License 2.0?
Based on this page, I can see that only Apache License 2.0 is compatible with GPL v3.
Now my question is, in layman's term, how do I make those two work together?
My current situation is that I am ...
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Can I use select2 in my website?
I am working on project that deals in customer support. This website actually sells products ( so it is commerical ), and provides customer support. So in this project/website I was about to use ...
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Web Application Licensing - Open Source vs Proprietary
I am developing a web application based on a proprietary (but free) JavaScript API. My company is considering releasing our application as "Open Source", but we are unsure of the different licensing ...
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How do I include the copyright/license for a library if I use on 1 function?
How do I include the copyright/license for a library if I use on 1 function?
Say if I have a class that I have taking 1 function from another library:
class MyClass {
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public function ...
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Main points of difference between the MIT license and the GNU General public license [closed]
I am currently researching about the MIT license and the GNU General public license
Can anyone give me the main points of difference between the two?
Thanks guys.
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Source Code Only Allowed With One Open Source Project
I have an open source project that is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 and it's done in Windows Presentation Foundation. I came across someone that sells themes/skins for WPF projects ...
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What is a good license for community submissions to commercial partially closed source software?
I am maintaining a small code base that I am considering selling– but I want to allow developers that use it to submit code for addition to the trunk. This way they can extend the framework and the ...
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MIT License: Why isn't it considered viral?
The first part of the license implies you can do basically whatever you want with it (copy, modify, sell etc).
But the second part says that these freedoms must propagate into all copies of the ...
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How to use Open Source Licenses and what do you recommend to me
I have a code that I'd like to share, but I'd like to publish it using an open source license. But I don't know how you have to use that licenses.
How do you have to activate an open source license? ...
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What “sublicense” actually means?
First, it is clear that the right to sublicense doesn't give you the right to relicense.
Let's say we have a library with MIT license(1 file), someone adds some features to the library but puts them ...
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Are there pre-made commercial software licenses to choose from?
I currently have an open source project that is licensed under GPLv3. I'd like to dual license it, so I can offer it for commercial use. Are there any resources for choosing or creating a commercial ...
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GPL/LGPL/MPL non-code content license
I want to use a dictionary (basically a text file, and no code) that is included with an open office spell checking plug-in. The plug-in is under the tri-license GPL/LGPL/MPL which I don't understand. ...
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Can we take ideas from GPL programs in developing any commercial app
I am developing a commercial application. There are several GPL programs which have some common features with my applications. Can I take an idea from those GPL applications and implement them myself ...
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Can I borrow parts of an apache-licensed project for something not open-source?
If I want to make a card game app or android, could I legally borrow parts of the Apache-2.0-licensed Solitaire-for-Android? Would I be able to charge such a project? (I was unable to understand the ...
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How to maintain the 'LICENSE' file?
Many projects on Github comprise a LICENSE file, usually looking like:
Copyright (C) 2012-2013 Mr. Creator
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this ...
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FOSS licensing decision: What to read? What factors to consider? [duplicate]
Which reasoning would you follow to choose one license over another? Which literature would you expect someone to read, if he wants to make a meaningful decision about licensing?
I specifically don't ...
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Options for Opensource license? [duplicate]
I am choosing a license for my open source software and I've learned about GPL, EBMS and BSD. GPL seems to be most popular one.
The problems are:
Would anybody kindly name a few popular opensource ...
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What's a good license for a specification? [closed]
I'm not sure if this is the best place for this, but as a part of a project we are createing a software specification which partners may choose to implement with whatever code they like. We may also ...
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Open Source, Copyright and Trivial Bugfixes
Say a developer has developed a library for their closed-sourced commercial application. Since they want to give back to the open source community, they publish this library under, say, the GPL, but ...
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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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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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Service to prove authorship with trusted timestamp
This question is related with copyrights. The copyright is granted by default to the author of some code, however this requires to prove that some person is the "first" author of some piece of code. ...
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Software for a “registered users self service” backend
Do you know any server-side software package for "registered users self service" / "service portal" backends?
Background: software shops (software developers) need a web interface where customers can ...
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How can I ensure our SolidWorks files are covered by the GPLv3?
I am in charge of a project on github that has files that are and are not code based. Specifically, I am worried about our SolidWorks files. How do I ensure these files are covered by the GPLv3 ...
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Is there an idiot's guide to software licensing somewhere?
Basically, my knowledge on the issue is zilch other than the fact that open-source and closed-source exists.
I'm a web developer (not a designer in the slightest), so I look online for things like ...
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Does any well-known license require to make modifications available when only derived *output* is published?
Is there a way to make sure that modifications to free software are released even when no binaries of modified code are conveyed? Though it may sound odd and from what I understand, e.g., GPL requires ...
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I have made extensive use of Apache Commons libraries. I am now to release my (non-profit) application. Is there anything I should worry about?
I have developed a Java program for academic purposes (non-profit, non-open-source).
In the process, I made extensive use of many apache common libraries.
The program is now to be set free on the ...
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Usage of platform/packages/apps/Exchange and patent issues
I'm porting native Android Mail client and I would like to have Exchange support. While porting Exchange which I found here i found that patent disclaimer thing. What does it really mean for me? ...
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Open Source Licenses Question [duplicate]
I am in the process of making a webpage in the pyramid framework (python) and I am going to make it opensource so that people can add to it, take from it, learn from it, etc.
But I don't want them to ...
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Open Source license compatibility checker
Is there a tool available for checking if various combinations of open source licenses are compatible with each other?
I'm planning on building various tools that use an Apache license for ...
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Ext JS licensing issue
First of all I'm not asking for legal advice but just checking if anyone agrees with my suspicions. That might help in convincing Sencha to change their license.
Their commercial license says:
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