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What do I choose if I use the source code from a GPL2 project, and another source code from ...

If I have a project that uses source code from a GPL 2 licensed project, and another set of source code from an MIT licensed project, what do I license my whole project as? Derived works fr …
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How to license application generated from boilerplate code?

IANAL, but the case you describe is IMHO similar to the distinction between licenses for individual modules of a software and the software "as a whole", as you often find them in open source software. …
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Does license have to be in text format?

If you are the author of your software's license, you can choose whatever format you want. If you want to pick an existing license, study the text if there is a requirement to keep it in the original …
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What to do when using MIT-licensed code in a GPL-licensed project?

AFAIK, the typical GPL variants apply only to your work "as a whole", and the MIT license is "compatible" with GPL. That means, if parts of your program are under MIT license, that is fine, as long as …
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Changing license of personal GitHub repository

If you published code once under GPL, that version of your code is GPL code, that is nothing you can change again. Someone else (in fact, thousands of people) could have made a copy, that copy is unde …
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With source code lost, can the binary be released as MIT without it?

In every jurisdiction I know, the author or copyright holder of a software can pick whatever license they like, source code available or not. And nowhere in the MIT license does the term "source code" …
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What are the options for licensing a code project with "license soup" in the sources?

Given the license soup described above, can I even release my code under a single license, or should/must each part of it (mine and everybody else's) have a separate license? Both. GPLv3 re …
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