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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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Can I sell an application under the GNU Affero General Public License (GPL)?
Sure thing - none of the GPL licenses, including AGPL, forbids commercial activity.
See http://www.affero.org/oagf.html for more information.
Moreover, there are plenty of software with well ...
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Can I rebrand and customize something licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL)?
The GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) is not that different from the GNU General Public License, but with considerations for software-as-a-service. Under the GNU GPL, you would not need to ...
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Re-releasing LGPL code as AGPL : need advice on how to phrase license
You may not re-release Ffmpeg under AGPL, as doing so imposes new restrictions on distribution, which is in violation of the original GPL license the software was distributed to you by.
Only the ...
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AGPL - passwords in code
Never ever commit secrets to source control. And by extension, never build a container image that includes secrets. Instead, secrets should be provided during deployment, e.g. as environment variables....
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What does AGPL v3 R-studio mean for code written on it?
This is covered in the GNU faq:
the copyright on the editors and tools does not cover the code you write. Using them does not place any restrictions, legally, on the license you use for your code.
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Requiring GPL for clients of AGPL Server
The short answer is no, especially not if you expect others to build the clients.
If you are building this server software with the intention of others building clients, they are communicating at ...
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Can I sell an application under the GNU Affero General Public License (GPL)?
Yes, but only if you license your product as AGPL as well. Just offering to provide source code to whoever asks is not enough.
That does not prevent you from asking money for the product, but it ...
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Using AGPL v3 software in an enterprise deployment
Term 13 of the AGPLv3:
13. Remote Network Interaction; Use with the GNU General Public License.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, if you modify the
Program, your modified version ...
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Rewriting a library licensed under AGPL but keeping the public interface
For the record: a "Modified AGPL" that includes that limitation is not AGPL anymore, it's something else. For example, the Debian organization would not consider it FLOSS as it would violate the DFSG, ...
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Use of Unmodified AGPLv3 lib - am I AGPL too?
My understanding is (I'm not a lawyer), if you don't modify it, you're free to use in public facing web app on private server. See for example, https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/4691/java-...
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Re-releasing LGPL code as AGPL : need advice on how to phrase license
Quoting https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#AGPLv3.0 :
Please note that the GNU AGPL is not compatible with GPLv2. It is also
technically not compatible with GPLv3 in a strict sense:...
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AGPL alternatives for commercial software
Sure. The GPL.
There are many companies that make money by providing services and support for an open-source project. The GPL insures that no other company can take the code private and turn it ...
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AGPL 3.0 where staging & production has to be purchased possible?
It's possible with dual licensing. RavenDB (and others) have a similar model where their main OSS project is AGPL, but dev does not require a license, and commercial customers pay for a commercial ...
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Re-releasing LGPL code as AGPL : need advice on how to phrase license
FFmpeg is released under the LGPL, however some optional parts are GPL licenced, so you have a choice as a user of FFmpeg: to use the LGPL parts in a LGPL product, or to incorporate the GPL parts in a ...
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Forking BSD project and distributing as AGPL
First of all, get advice from a qualified legal professional.
My (layman's) reading of 2-clause BSD license is that that would be permitted, provided that you retain the original copyright notices, ...
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