Let's say a developer writes code in some new language, which he then sends to a server. That server takes the code he wrote and turns it into c++ code which is subsequently compiled. From there, that binary package is sent back to the developer for distribution. Does the GPL license allow this? ...
Is there anything from stopping me from taking a codebase licensed under the GPL/AGPL, modifying it, and then selling it as a hosted application for a monthly fee as long as I make my modifications available to anyone who asks? At what point does a derivative work become a new work? ...
Hello, I am developing a javascript API which is planned to be released LGPL early 2010. I want to release a prototype in the form of a wordpress plugin which uses my new API. I want to host this plugin on Wordpress' official plugin site. Wordpress only hosts plugins which are compatible with GPL. Ideally I would just supply an obfu...
I would like to make a program and licence it under MIT. However, I would like to use the GPLv3 PyQt library in it. Is this legal? PS. Is there any difference with GPLv2? ...
I am migrating a client's static website, which was done by another company, to our (propietary) CMS. On their website thay have a small slideshow that is powered by a JavaScript library that is licensed under GPL. The attached license notice is below: This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under ...
We are considering use of a GPL3 licensed software which consists of an EJB layer (runs on a separate server) and a rich client. We'd like to know if the networked layer is considered sufficient separation from the front-end for the purposes of the GPL. That is, if we modify the back end, don't distribute it, and don't make the source co...
I work for a company that does a lot of contract work for some large companies. We have a customer that would like us to modify GPL licensed code. The way I understand the GPL is that you can modify the code but as soon as you deliver it to an end-user then you have to open source it. If you use the code internally and never deliver i...
If a company dumps its codebase online (i.e. on Google Project Hosting) then it is allowed to use and link with 3rd party GPL code. Of course management doesn't allow making the code public because they think that competitors would steal their code. However, it's my experience that huge company codebases are pretty useless for the unin...
Gnu GPL page advocates a following header in each file of GPL project: This file is part of Foobar. Foobar is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your optio...
Are there any restrictions of using lgpl, gpl, bsd licensed software in a commercial venture if the tools/software are only used as part of internal processes and not integrated or incorporated into any software / product that is being sold. i.e. if we used open source media converter software to convert someones voicemail from .mov to ...
I have been contracted to modifying software released under the GPL. The small research company that I am consulting for will be submitting analysis of the output of the modified software as part of a response to a RFP by the US Department of Defense. But there's a catch. The source directory contains a file called "COPYRIGHT" (along w...
I really don't get the differences between the Artistic License v2.0 and the GPL. They seem very similar. Also, If I develop something in python under Artistic License 2.0, can I use a GPL library in my code ? Thanks. I'm going to re-read the licenses, but I doubt I'll get it. ...
I have produced some open source software, released under the GPL, and intend to give users the opportunity to send me donations if they wish. It has occurred to me that since the open source license allows anyone to amend the software, someone could change the 'donate here' message displayed by the app to point to their own website/PayP...
I am looking for a reference stating whether I need to redistribute the source code of my application if it links against a binary file that its source code released under GPL v2/3. Thanks, Eden ...
Should Translations of some GPL code to other languages be licensed as GPL? For ex we have x264 C/C++ H264 encoding open source GPL lib. We translate it from… C\C++ to Java or C# should we license our code as GPL? ...
If my program just sometimes calls to GPL program (or if we talk about flash my swf sometimes sends parameters to other GPL'd swf) should all my program be Open Source GPL? ...
I develop an open-source CMS, which is licensed under GPLv3, and I want to open the plugin/modules architecture for anyone to contribute their own extensions. However I want to give contributors the freedom to choose whatever license they want for their extensions, and not force them to use the main application's license. My understand...
This is very similar to other questions, but none of the other ones quite answer it, so please read through fully before shouting at me :) (See e.g. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1394623/can-i-dynamically-call-a-lgpl-gpl-software-in-my-closed-source-application) I have written a closed source, commercial application. The applicat...
In my case, I am using gperf, I didn't fint it in the gnu gpl. The C code generated by gperf, is very simple, and doesn't have any licensing header. I guessed that a file without a licence at the beginning is totaly in the domain public. Am I right? ...
I need to open a connection to a MySQL database from a commerical distributed closed source program. I know that Ruby has rewritten the mysql driver in pure ruby and that PHP 5.3 also comes with its own non GPL driver. But what is with C/C++? Is there any way to do this without risking my code becoming GPL infected? I did my last res...