Questions tagged [mit-license]
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How to correctly credit the authors of an MIT licensed library in this case?
I'm using some modified MIT licensed code directly in my project and am concerned about how to correctly attribute it. The code in question does not have license text in each file, only a single ...
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With source code lost, can the binary be released as MIT without it? [closed]
I preserve old software by asking copyright owners (often one author) to release the source code under an Open Source License, GPL or MIT. In many cases the source is gone, but the binaries still ...
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If you manage a BSD-licensed open source project, how do you guard against someone illegally contributing GPL-licensed code?
An open source project licensed under BSD, MIT or another permissive license accepts code contributions from the community. How can I prevent someone from taking GPL-licensed code that they don't own ...
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Forking Github repo (MIT): what references to original author should remain intact? [closed]
I'll pick one of the most popular react boilerplates as an example here. Assume, i've forked it (commits history till fork date remains intact). According to the text of MIT license, the only thing ...
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Can I put all license files for different open source projects I use in my application in one folder? [closed]
I am developing a project that uses the Electron framework which is released under the MIT license, but my question is not necessarily restricted to this one case: If an open source project comes with ...
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How to prove a certain app uses my library? [closed]
I am the author of an iOS framework and I know for sure that an app uses it, but the app's author is not attributing it. How can I prove this in a way that also a judge would accept it?
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Modifying an Apache 2 licensed file and add MIT license to it [closed]
TLDR; I'd like to add a (modification) copyright and a MIT License to an Apache 2 licensed file, which I modified. Description I modified a file that was licensed Apache 2. According to what I ...
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MIT, BSD, Apache License: Create application for client
I create Application for my client. I use some libraries released on GitHub under MIT, BSD and Apache license. I create also documentation (PDF file) where I would like to point what libraries and ...
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