Questions tagged [software]
For questions about software in an open-source context; its uses and limitations.
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What are effective, license-compliant methods to integrate AGPL software into cloud-based research tools?
Suppose a web-based scientific application uses an AGPL-licensed computational backend. What practical strategies allow the frontend to interface with that backend without triggering broader AGPL ...
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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 I use CIE spectra in commercial code without sharing the code?
The CIE (international commission on illumination) has a lot of spectra defined in its ISO standards. They publish them on their website (https://cie.co.at/data-tables) with a CC BY-SA 4.0 license (...
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Question about external libraries license
I've a doubt about licenses of the java external libraries(jar files) which I'm planning to use in my personal commercial java swing application.Those libraries are jSerialComm and Apache POI. I'm ...
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Short Weak Copyleft Software License
Is there a short weak (or strong) copyleft license? I like the GPL v3. The way that all its different sections interlock is quite poetic. However, this beauty comes at the cost of it being near ...
Crab
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using external images of multiple different licenses in a single document-oriented project
I am working on a project to create (in PDF) letter charts for children for alphabet learning. This involves a number of different pictures from different sources (but mostly Wikipedia) and different ...
stf
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Does the GPL require sharing source code if I charge for a consultation with the software?
I've been reading a whole lot and can't seem to find this specific question. I am currently making a software which will ideally be used to provide information to people that pay for consultations. ...
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Are there any CI purified Firefox forks? [closed]
Are there any continuously integrated forks of Mozilla Firefox that only use the open source code? If not, why?
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