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 ...
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1 answer
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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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2 votes
1 answer
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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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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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5 votes
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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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3 votes
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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 ...
3 votes
0 answers
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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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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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