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QUESTIONS ABOUT LICENSING ARE OFF-TOPIC. You may ask questions about open source licensing on https://opensource.stackexchange.com. This tag is for asking about designing programs that interact with open source software.
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Does using Creative Commons No-Derivatives license conflict with GitHub terms?
Generally, the term "forking" means taking some codebase and making a modified version of it. However, Github uses the term "forking" to mean "use of Github's fork feature", which simply creates an un …
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Does a BSD-licensed project need a signed statement from each contributor?
BSD allows derived works that are not, as a whole, BSD-licensed. The danger here is that a new contributor (or, really, any contributor) could submit a code contribution and then later claim that his …
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License question regarding open-source project which may eventually contain a commercial com...
The principle behind this strategy is perfectly sound: GPL-licensed projects include BSD-licensed components all the time.
Imagine each contributor published his or her contributions on a personal re …
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Do I have to make source code open, if I use GPLv2 licensed software to derive data
Since you're making a derivative work of GPL-licensed software, your combined work would need to be licensed under the GPL as a whole. However, if you don't want to distribute your work, you are in no …
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Is it actually possible (practically) to sell Open Source software?
You assume that the recipient wants to give away your software. It's possible that your customer has a vested business interest in not sharing the software. For example, if you sell an open-source ind …
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Including GPLv2 code in GPLv3 code
In your case, the particular software you are using is licensed under "GPLv2 or any later version," which can be included in GPLv3-licensed code. If the code you wanted to use were using GPLv2 only, t …
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Why do I have to keep my open source software license in the root?
From the GPL FAQ (but the advice is applicable to all licenses):
Why does the GPL require including a copy of the GPL with every copy of the program?
Including a copy of the license with the work is …
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