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Open source HTML/CSS/JAVA code under GPLv3 license - implication if used for public company website?

I would like to use some open source HTML/CSS/JAVA code under a GPLv3 license to feed into my company website (start up). I am not 100% clear whether I can use the open source code or at which stage I ...
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Minified GPL code inside Javascript webapp

This answer on Chess Stack Exchange comes from the lead developer of a webapp for learning chess that integrates a version of Stockfish (a popular chess-playing program released under GPLv3) ...
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Web Frontend uses GPL3 Library

I do know that license conditions must be applied if I want to distribute my app. But, if my app is a frontend and I use GPL3 licensed library on it, does that count as distributed? Do I need to make ...
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Is it possible to restrict GPL3 licensed software to non-commercial projects?

I am searching for a suitable license for my project (A Grav CMS PHP Website Rating Plugin). I want to ensure that: The code is published open source The code will be kept open source by other users (...
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Can I use a GPLv3-licensed workaround for a chrome bug without disclosing the rest of my web page source code?

Chrome has a bug where it doesn't properly report download progress for gzip-encoded content. I found a library that works around it, as far as I understand by injecting the fix into the DOM. Now I'm ...
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How to license a website linking to JS/CSS libraries

I am working on a Django project which uses Javascript and CSS libraries. Every library is unmodified and has its license as comment in the actual files I link to. Their licenses range from GPLv3 to ...
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License Comptatibility with GSuite?

Are websites made with Google Sites compatible with GPL 3.0? A prospective user can create a web site with Google Sites using the web editor, but the HTML output, which may be interprited as the ...
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What is really accepted as an open source project for GPLv3?

Let's say I want to use a Javascript component that is under the GPLv3 license. That forces me to license my product under an open source license compatible with GPLv3. So, let's say I have an ...
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GPLv3 redistribution: when does it apply?

I have written a Java program designed to run server-side with a plain HTML web interface: I am reusing and I have integrated in this app a bunch of third-party libraries that are licensed under the ...
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GPLv3 in a client - server program [duplicate]

If I develop a program which has a client which uses a framework which is licensed under GPLv3 and this client would interact with a (paid) back-end service would this be compliant with the GPLv3 ...
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