Questions tagged [gpl-3]
The General Public License, offered by GNU. Use this tag if the question involves version 3 of the license.
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What to do if a software component to be published under open source license is linked with other components that are not open source?
In my case we developed several software components that work together to build the final system. Now I want to release my developments under the GPLv3 license.
When checking the dependencies I ...
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How do I upgrade from GPLv2 to GPLv3?
Consider I've written a program and released it under the GNU GPL version 2. Now I want to release it under the GNU GPL version 3. Let's call this "upgrading the license". Is this possible? How do I ...
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Can voters modify the code of a voting computer?
Consider a voting computer. The software running this computer is licensed under the GNU GPL v3.
Does this license mean that the voters using this computer to cast their votes must be able to modify ...
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Does the GNU GPL 3 prohibit DRM?
Is DRM, which some spell as "Digital Rights Management", others as "Digital Restriction Management", allowed by the GPL? In other words, can software that implements DRM be licensed under the GPL? ...
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How does one combine differently licensed code in one open source program?
I'm the author of WorldPainter. It's licensed according to the GPL v3, but I am about to include some code (dynmap) that is licensed according to the Apache License version 2.0.
According to both ...
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Does licensing JavaScript code under the GPL require publishing the non-concatenated source code?
Webix is a UI components library licensed under the GPL, with a FLOSS exception. On GitHub, they have distributed JavaScript in concatenated form only.
Must the authors of Webix publish the non-...
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What are the differences between GPL V2 and V3 licenses?
One of the most widely used and most popular free and open source software licences is the General Public License. I want to know in simple terms: what are the differences between GPL Version 2 and ...
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Distributing an operating system DVD bundling proprietary and GNU-GPL software?
Wikipedia seems to imply that Turbolinux bundles proprietary codecs.
More generally, under what conditions is it OK to mix proprietary and GNU-GPLv3 software into an operating system, and distribute ...
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What are the licensing terms of the text of the GPL?
The text of the GPLv3 starts with the following disclaimer:
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
license document, but changing it is not allowed.
What does this ...
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Can I copy-paste a snippet from Stack Overflow into my GNU-GPL project?
I have found on Stack Overflow a 10-lines block of code that does exactly what I want.
There is no license information in the post nor on the answerer's profile page, so the CC BY-SA 3.0 license of ...
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What restrictions can I place on a device whose software is licensed using GPL v3?
Let's say I'm selling a device with my software pre installed whose license is GPL v3. I want to prevent an unauthorized OS from being installed. According to GPL v3, I will have to share the private ...
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