Since the majority of legal links / READMEs I've found when browsing icon sets refer me to the general GPL / LGPL (as opposed to a specialized version of some kind) when I'm looking at license restrictions, I'm having a terrible time trying to figure out what would constitute source code, linking, etc. when it comes to images and / or ic...
If we use a CMS that is covered by the GPL (v2), do we have to re-release the source code of the CMS if we make modifications to the core? The GPL v2 states: The GPL does not require you to release your modified version. You are free to make modifications and use them privately, without ever releasing them. This applies to or...
I'm rewriting a small MIT-licensed program in C, and I intend to copy a segment from it (though not verbatim) that prints usage information and such things. The programs are going to behave, for the most part, the same, but the implementations are going to be much different. What is the best way to incorporate this code into my program,...
I'm uncertain about a few licensing questions. I develop a closed source application, that's communicating with an open source server. Are my assumptions correct? Can I use an unmodified (L)GPL software on the server-side? I think yes Can I use and modify (L)GPL software on the server-side? I think yes because I'm not distributing the ...
Since the Linux kernel is GPL and not LGPL I suppose that it is illegal to link proprietary code to it. How does the industry circumvents this? I would expect that the GPL license will force any developer to release under GPL driver and/or kernel module. Maybe I am confused and implementing a new module is not really linking against the...
Scenario: Project A has existed for some time and is licensed using Apache 2.0. Big Project B is going to use and perhaps redistribute Project A and requires a contributor's licensing agreement (CLA) (not copyright transfer). Project B will offer it's works under the GPL and as proprietary software. Where does that leave project A, of...
I always thought that wikipedia text was CC but GoogleMaps states that the text is GPL'd which leads to an interesting question, where is the source for google maps ? ...
Hi, I'm working on a free and open-source project (GPLv3) that basically creates a VPN. The project is meant to be portable (in terms of platform and architecture). On Linux and Mac OSX, I use the built-in system "tap/tun" device driver to create a virtual network interface and it works well. On Windows, I use the TAP driver from Open...
As a software engineer/programmer myself, I love the possibility to download the code and learn from it. However building software is what brings food to my table. I have doubts regarding the type of license I should use for my own personal projects or when picking up one project to learn from. There are already many questions about lic...
I inherited a GPL project which I'm trying to improve. I know of an MIT library that could really help me improve this project. I know its developer personally and I read his blog, and he's made it clear on several occasions that he likes MIT and Apache licenses. My questions: Do I have to tell him that I'm using his library in a GP...
I'm looking at building a MySQL client plugin for a proprietary product, which would violate the GPL as discussed in the FAQ at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#NFUseGPLPlugins However, according to the MySQL FOSS License Exception ("FLE"), discussed at http://www.mysql.com/about/legal/licensing/foss-exception/, you can license ...
I have been studying the opportunity of using free software pieces to make proprietary softwares for a while and am aware of legal constraints implied by free-liecenses such as GPL and LGPL. Nevertheless, there remains a whole mystery to me. gLibC is distributed as a LGPL piece of software, which enables to make proprietary softwares by...
I am trying to make sure I license some personal Perl scripts correctly. Do any Perl scripts that I create need to be licensed as GPL (i.e a copyleft license) due to using the GPL licensed Perl interpreter? Please can you back up any answers with appropriate links. Thanks ...
someone wrote a nice framework for developing html5 3d engine. It's GPL/MIT licensed. Do you think it's a good idea to build upon it, and then repackage it and sell it as a service? For eg> the framework lets you build 3d environments. so I build on it, maybe add a few features like characters and music in the environment, and turn it i...
In plain, simple English, what is the difference between GPL (version 1) to GPL (version 2)? ...
We need a bug tracker on a small team. We don't want the care and feeding of the bug tracker to become a project in and of itself. We already have the infrastructure to run webapps in Tomcat 5.5.x and even Oracle 10gR2 backend if necessary. We prefer LGPL or GPL products. ...
I have run into a situation where I wish to distribute code without a free software license, and don't have a lot of experience in doing so. First, let me make it clear I'm not trying to fight the piracy of the product. I don't believe in anti-piracy measures mainly because they will ALWAYS be circumvented if someone really wants to - ...
Ok this may be a foolish question, but I just want some clarification on this. If you build a website on a GPL licensed web framework, let's say a browser based game or some kind of kind of sophisticated web application are you required to redistribute all the code? If this is so what licenses would allow you to build on top of an opens...
Let's say I write some code, which we'll call X. It uses some GPL code, let's call it library Y. Clearly I would have to release X with a GPL license. That's fine. My question is, can I additionally release X under a license such as MIT, so that if someone only wants X but not Y they don't need to use it with the GPL? ...
Note: "Plugins" here refers to shared objects that are accessed via dlopen() and friends. I'm writing a library that I'm planning on releasing under the LGPL. Its functionality can be extended (supporting new audio file formats, specifically) through plugins. I'm planning on creating an exception to the LGPL for this library so that p...