Questions tagged [gnu]
Questions about GNU Project (free software, mass collaboration project) or GNU Operating System (a Unix-like computer operating system composed wholly of free software).
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Counting lines of code from contributors for copyrightability
The GNU project states that if a person contributes less than 15 lines of code to a project, their contributions are not "legally significant for copyright purposes". Say there is a Web app ...
9 votes
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Is the GNU All-Permissive License suitable for source code?
Text of the GNU All-Permissive License (also known as the "FSF All Permissive License"): Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium ...
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GNU licence re-distribute abandoned project
I use a project that are licensed under GNU General Public License version 2 or later The code owner has abandoned the project and announced they leave it public as FOSS on github. The company with ...
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GNU license for "Open Metronome" - what license applies to beats generated with it?
If i am using the GNU-licensed software "Open Metronome" (https://sourceforge.net/projects/openmetronome/) to create the basic rhythm of my own music, I am wondering if I can freely ...
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How can I check if a library is covered by the GCC Runtime Library Exception?
I want to check if a file in GCC that is linked into my program, such as libgcc.a and crti.o, is covered by The GCC Runtime Library Exception. According to the FAQ, I should check its license header, ...
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Which license suits best when you want users to contribute to your code and not just take it as free beer
Which License is best suited for my open source project. I am developing a web app (a template like) that has potential use in real life applications but also learning outcomes. I would like people to ...
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3 votes
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Using GNU General Public Licensed code in an MIT Licensed application
I am developing a GUI Java-based application using swing and am thinking of using the MIT license, though when reading the licenses stated in the components of java swing I see that they are licensed ...
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3 votes
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AGPL license - RStudio Server
I know that there are certainly already many questions on this topic - I have also read through quite a few, but unfortunately still do not understand it. I am in the process of deploying an RShiny ...
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5 votes
1 answer
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What to do if someone forked my project and removed its license?
Say you created a website and it's open-source under MIT. A month later, I changed it to GPL-3.0 License. A month passed again, someone forked my project in GitHub and is making money off it via ...
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2 votes
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Distributing software that downloads and uses GPL-licensed software
License in question is GNU GPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html). Abstract Context: I have written a software A that downloads a docker image of software B as part of the ...
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3 votes
1 answer
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Is it possible/necessary to add Classpath Exception to LGPL?
I see people comparing the GPL with a Classpath exception to the standard LGPL. Does this mean that LGPL already has the Classpath exception or some language already similar enough to it? If not, can ...
6 votes
1 answer
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Is it possible to use a LGPLv3 plug-in in a GPLv2 program?
From the license point of view: Is it possible to use a plugin written under "LGPLv3+" in a program protected by "GPLv2"? The plugin is built as a ".so" library and at ...
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Port GPL EXT-4 to MINIX 3
The goal is to allow user to use a USB that is ext-4. I understand Minix 3 is similar to BSD, and ext-4 is GNU GPL. So as a user, I can port ext-4 to Minix 3 and make it GPL so I can use it. But, what ...
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What license should I put in my datasets?
I've scraped tonnes of sites. I'm making these datasets for public use. I've been using GPL-v3 license for other software tasks but I don't know what license should I put for datasets. I prefer a ...
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How to change the licence of Java project from GNU/ GPL to MIT / BSD / Apache
I had developed a Java application which is connected to MySQL Workbench by using mysql-connector-java-8.0.21.jar file. When I deploy the project and send source code to the client he says that: The ...
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