Questions tagged [gpl]
GNU General Public License
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Are there any AGPL-style licences that require source code modifications to be public?
So my understanding of the AGPL, is that it requires modifications to be distributed to the users of the network service, but I'm looking for a licence that would require any modifications (non-...
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How do GPL 2, 3 and other copy-left licenses apply in cases of "software as a service" (SaaS) systems?
GPL-style licenses are pretty effective at ensuring the underlying code cannot contribute to proprietary binary programs. But in the contemporary world of SaaS, are there not many ways around this?
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Separate license on documentation and code?
I'm currently writing an article for school in literate Haskell, which is basically a file format/syntax that's a LaTeX document but for anything written in \begin{code}...\end{code} is code that ...
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Can open source software licenses be enforced in small claims court?
I'd like to distribute a software project under a GPL license.
If someone (apparently) distributes software that includes or links against my GPL project, what claims could I make, and what ...
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Does incorporation of open-source (GPL-licenced) software by freelancers violate Upwork T&C?
Some widely used open-source software is distributed under restrictive licences: for instance, the R language uses GPL v.2/v.3. This and other copyleft licences impose several obligations, such as the ...
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Faked GPL license
Lots of software is licensed under the GPL license. It is very well known and well understood. Like most legal documents the license is itself copyrighted, and while the license can be freely copied ...
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Can a company that releases code as GPL, use it privately?
If a company has a Github repo under GPL license, can they, as the owners of the original code, distribute closed-source copies of it, i.e do they have a different right over the code ?
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Firmware code written under GPLv3 was modified. What should be published? [closed]
The firmware for an embedded device (e.g., a toaster) is modified significantly. Algorithms are rewritten from scratch, the code is made compatible with different hardware, etc. The end (hardware) ...
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Use an image under GNU/GPL in a commercial application
We are currently developing a commercial application. We found some images(icons) which are under GNU/GPL license.
I'm not an expert in this kind of things, but I was wondering if it is legal to use ...
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How does GPL affect a Makefile-only modification?
As a continuation of this question, does a Makefile modification when building GPL source mean my own program becomes GPL also ? For example, if some third-party GPL'd source contains exit(), and I ...
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Who can publish GPLv4?
I was thinking about the or later part that is often used in licensing
software. When reading https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html, I've found
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The Free Software Foundation may publish ...
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Does AGPL apply to products created by the software, or just the software?
I'm a 3D modeler by trade, and in the past I've used some software to create a base mesh for humanoid renders. I'm seeing now that, while it used to be AGPL and CC0, it's now entirely AGPL, and by ...
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Is there a loophole in the GPL allowing binary-only distribution?
I asked this question a long time ago here, which was the wrong place, and got a bunch of conflicting answers from a bunch of non-lawyers.
I'm hoping for a more definitive answer here, ideally from ...
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GPL: distribute compiled binary [closed]
Is it legal to modify GPL v3.0 content and distribute a binary of the remixed content without disclosing the modified source code?
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Are all GPL Licensed projects free to use for commercial use even if they appear to be paid content?
I'm having a few issues understanding how sites like gpldl.com can call themselves legal. This site appears to purchase paid plugins from various developers like
WooThemes
iThemes
Gravity Forms
WPML
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