Can you use GPL code on a commercial website? Do you have to supply a link to the source code for that software? Does it violate the GPL license if you use non-GPL open source software with the GPL software? Cheers. ...
While reading article A Practical Legal Guide to iPhone Application Development I was wondering by information in comment titled "“Dynamic linking” and the GPL". There are opposing views within the legal community regarding the “dynamic linking”-“derivative work” issue as it relates to the GPL license; and no U.S. court has yet defin...
I'm getting rather confused when looking over the details of the various licenses and was wondering if someone could give me a hand. Basically, I'm looking at making a simple SSH client to release on the app store. All other SSH clients on the app store charge and, although I'm sure they'd be better than what I'd make, I'd like to add a ...
Ok, here's the scenario. I want to develop an application that will be done in C#. The application core will be released under CC0 with some closed-source plugins ehancing non-essential functionality. Anyway, I plan to use a GPL library as back-end to one of the plugins, it will be released under CC0 like the core. In the end what I will...
when you use and edit something under GPL licence ? say a program or website design template , how should I write the copy rights now of the new product ? p.s "licence are PITA I never get the sooo many terms and regulations!, i just need simple human answer please." ...
In such a case what are the conditions that I need to fulfill to not violate GPL, LGPL, CC licences? Looking at wikipedia entry for CC, it seems I can use only CC-BY, and CC-SA license but I am not clear as to how and where in my book I need to add attribution for the author whose images (under CC-BY) I would use. It is also not clear th...
I'd like to use the ScrewTurn Wiki in our company for an intern documentation system. I'm litle bit confused about the licencing. ScrewTurn Wiki is released under GPL license, which is an open source licence, but they have also a comercial Internal Usage License. So should I buy the licence or can I use the open source license in my ...
Hi all, Is there advice how to find GPL source code that was once readily available on the webs, but now has just disappeared from existence ? I guess 2nd part of question, if product goes commercial, do they have to still share GPL code, or do they have to rewrite app from scratch? Thanks. ...
What I mean is that it's open source in that the source is viewable, modifiable, and redistributable by anyone, but changes do not have to be contributed back (as is the case with GPL)? I've heard the traditional software licenses are problematic for web applications as well. I believe I want the web equivalent of the Apache license, bu...
I realize that if I choose to distribute a custom module for Drupal that I must provide equal access to the source code of said module (without obfuscation). My question is what about a phone app that used data from a Drupal Module? Do I have to release the code to the phone app as well? The app would not function entirely without the d...
I'm writing a software application that I'd like to use FFTW (an FFT math algorithm with GPL license) as part of the back-end. I won't modify FFTW and I won't distribute the code to an end customer of mine. However, I will place my software application back-end on a server that client computers access over the Internet. All of the mate...
I'm coding a program and I have the entire GPLv3 license from http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt in a COPYING text file. However, at the end, there's a section on 'How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs'. Do I keep this in COPYING? Is it part of the GPLv3 or a reminder on how to use it? ...
I have a closed-source application that calls an unmodified GPL binary from the command line. I need to distribute the GPL binary with my application. Can I include it in the installer while keep my application closed source and comply with the GPL license terms? Or do I need a different method of distribution for the binary? ...
We're planning on using compiled FFmpeg binaries with our website. We use the conversion in a very minor way. We are not sharing our source code and are NOT including the source code of FFmpeg (or modifying it any way). We do not sell our software, only offer it as a commercial service. Has anyone else used FFmpeg similarly? If so, is t...
with regards to this: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html I'm trying to understand GPL v2, my case is that I deploy my application on my application server on some servers over the internet, I do not sell my application, I just sell service. Am I allowed to use components within my app server that has this license? GPL v2? second...
Could you please suggest which are the well-known "open source" licenses allowing me to use libraries under these licenses in proprietary webservice (accessible in Internet to the public), which I am not going to make opensource. I am ok to state somewhere that I am using the library, and I am ok with sharing the changes I make in the l...
There are quite a few LGPL Libraries that I use that have fallen out of maintenance and have no documentation. I found that a few of these libraries are extremely useful and they are all LGPL or MIT. Could I combine these libraries into my own library, released under LGPL and maintain those myself as a branch? Also, some of these librari...
In my thesis I'd like to use the Gnome Web browser icon inside a figure. However, this icon isn't licensed under a CC license, but under the GPL. While I'm aware of the conditions imposed by the GPL on software, I'm unsure of the implications when embedding a GPL licensed icon inside a document that is distributed as PDF and in printed f...
That's basically it. I have some code in Matlab and I want to release it so anyone can make use of it. Also I'd like to prevent that the codes goes closed after me. Q: Can I choose the GPL to license it? If not, what are my choices? (Apart from stop using Matlab, which I'm already considering) EDIT I just edit it because this is mor...
If you want a permissive FOSS licence you'd go for MIT or 3-clause BSD and if you want a strong copyleft FOSS licence you'd go for AGPL, wouldn't you? ...