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Questions about the implementation of software licenses on software. General questions about open source software licenses should be asked at opensource.stackexchange.com instead. Legal questions about software licenses should be asked at law.stackexchange.com instead.

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Can I use the test suite from an open source project to verify that my own 'compatible libra...

If you do a true Clean Room on the code itself, I don't see any problems here. Using the test suite to test something other than the code it was originally designed for should be a non-issue because t …
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What constitutes a programming language and how does one copyright a programming language?

Any attempt to restrict / control / own a language is doomed to failure. In order for a language to become widely used, people must feel a) that it solves a problem better than some existing, establis …
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Do I need to add the copyright notice of the original contributors in the SaaS service contr...

Short answer: Yes, you must attribute. The AGPL (especially v3) is about as unambiguous as it gets. Not only do you need to fully attribute the source, it's a near-certainty (especially with v3) that …
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GPL Confusion! Can I sell a product with GPL covered components without making the source av...

In a word, No. In fact, you can't even distribute it for free without releasing your code. The reason you even have access to all of that nice code is because of the GPL and its requirements. There a …
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