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Sell content separately for app licensed under GNU v3?
If you're using a library that is licensed under GNU GPL v3 to help develop your application, then from what I understand, you must release your application for free and it's source code.
Is it then ...
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How is the GPL3 for GNU coreutils satisfied when I pull a docker image?
I would like to learn more about satisfying GPL3 object code distribution requirements with a hopefully simple enough example.
I download a docker image for e.g. Debian from hub.docker.com with
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Can others monetize my project with GPLv3?
I currently have a web game under the GNU General Public License v3.0 open sourced on GitHub. Recently I found out that someone else had forked the repository and is setting up AdSense on their ...
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Implement GNU License code with or without modification
Can I take an open source app (chat app) under The GNU General Public License v3.0 and implements it as a feature in a bigger app, I will not make modification on the source code, will I have to ...
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Can I use proprietary library in a GPL-Compatible library loaded on a gpl Program?
I am asking mainly to be sure.
To describe it better, I want to use some external functionality that is available through a proprietary library. Since the library IS NOT compatible with GPL Programs, ...
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Am I allowed to use a GPL-3 library in a closed source web application?
I am working on an Angular5 web application. It is written in Typescript, and then compiled to Javascript. This is not a real compilation, just a minification
The server which serves the .js files is ...
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Is it permissible to install Cygwin (GNU GPL) and its packages from within an installer for a proprietary and commercially sold application?
Is it legal to package the Cygwin installer executable — and some of its corresponding packages — and run it from another installer that installs a proprietary and commercially sold application?
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Shouldn't LGPL v3.0 provide exception to section 5 (instead of section 3) of GPL v3.0?
Taken from section 1 LGPL v3.0 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.en.html):
You may convey a covered work under sections 3 and 4 of this License without being bound by section 3 of the GNU GPL.
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Can I sell my project using GNU GPL v3?
At first, I always developed commercial projects only, so I bad know GNU licenses. Now, I want to make my library available for other developers. And maybe to find co-developers. So, I chosen GNU GPL ...
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Does GPLv3 require attribution?
I believe that GNU GPLv3 does not require attribution, but can be supplemented to do so, as stated in the additional terms (7. b) of the terms and conditions.
However, it also states, under the ...
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