Questions tagged [license-compliance]
Questions that ask about how to fulfil the obligations placed upon a user by a given free software licence, and how to comply with them.
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How to run license-compliance analysis for R project, FOSSology does not seem to be suitable
If I want to publish an R project on GitHub (not an R package on CRAN) how in practice I can execute license analysis on the code and select appropriate license for the repository? An automated ...
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Can closed-source components be included in the compilation of an MPL-licensed product?
I am developing an open-source simulation game in the same vein as WorldBox but with a greater focus on interactions between the player and individual units, and societal concepts like language and ...
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Compliance with Open-Source Licenses in Proprietary Software Using Hibernate 5.6.15 licensed under LGPL v2.1
I want to distributing proprietary software under a strict End User License Agreement (EULA) that: Prohibits derivative works Distributes the software and libraries in object code form only My ...
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CC BY-SA 2.5 License marked as denied license in the FOSSA tool after upgrading to React Native 0.74 version
We have an existing React Native project that was upgraded from 0.71.0 to 0.74.0 latest version. We are us a tool FOSSA to scan the license-related issues in the NPM libraries used in the project. We ...
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GPLv3 obligations
I work in a place where we have a group made of several companies/entities (across the world if that matter). We have a software at entity1 that use a GPLv3 Lib for few things. We would like entity2 ...
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Does adding license headers to files without existing headers count as my modification to an Apache 2.0-licensed project?
I recently used a starter template project for an API that is under the Apache 2.0 License, where the project doesn't have a NOTICE file and individual files in that project don't have their own ...
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Do I need to publish source code when building on Linux image?
I have an application that is built on a Linux image with some libraries that contain licenses like GPL-2.0, GPL-3.0, LGPL-2.1, and MPL-2.0 which I understand to be copyleft. I'm new to OSS licenses ...
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Can the non-distributing end user of a software violate the MIT or GPL license?
Company A wants to buy software from company B for in-house use - that is, it will only be installed on machines of company A. Said commercial software package contains code and utilities licensed ...
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What is a Modification in MPL 2.0
In the case of a Software Project under Mozilla Public License (MPL) version 2.0. Given that I want to extend the Covered Software through a bigger Project. The following is an example where File A is ...
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What is a Modification in GPL 2.0
Given that I want to extend the Covered Software through a bigger Project. The following is an example where File A is part of the Covered Software and any subsequent files are not part of the ...
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Remedy for non-compliance with a license
Tools like blackbox and fossa advertise being able to find non-compliance but I couldn't find detailed advice on what to do if a non-compliance is found. Suppose a company discovers that it has used ...
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Can I use MPL 2.0 and BSL licensed software for a proprietary repo?
I am building a web application in which I intend to keep the source code private and proprietary. The web application would be used by end users for personal profit. I plan on using Turborepo (https:/...
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Supply license information in a compound commercial product
Disclaimer: I'm not entirely sure if this is the correct stack-exchange for this matter. We're a small to medium company in the EU (about 70 employees). We develop and sell equipment and accompanying ...
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What extent does a license cover database schema
In the context of a server side web application which connects to a database, for example a blog that connects to a MySQL database. The database may have tables such as users, posts, comments, etc. ...
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Am I required to list the MIT library I'm using in my telegram bot application description? [duplicate]
What responsibilities do I have to fulfill when using an MIT-licensed library in proprietary software? How do I specify a license if my project is not distributed anywhere on sites, etc, and is a ...
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