I'd like to use a blogging engine that's released under GPLv3, and I would like to customize it. The thing is, I don't know what this license means, in practical terms ( not free software, free beer terms ). Am I allowed to modify it? What am I not allowed to do ? Thanks ...
After I've added my own code to models.py, views.py and other files generated by django, can I protect them using the GPL? Or is there a clash given there is code in there that has been auto generated by django which is not licensed under GPL? ...
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? ...
There is a GPL'd program that has some nice icons I would like to use in a project of my own. I would like to release my project under a more liberal license like Apache or BSD. After reading the GPL V3 license (a few times), I can't figure out how it applies to resources like icons. Can I use them at all? If so, must I release my new p...
I want to write a tigase (a xmpp/jabber server) plugin and tigase is published under GPL3. My plugin would use xmpp extensions to add needed functionalities. The plugin would be load at runtime. ...
If you are doing a one off piece of work as a consultant, for which the client receives only binaries, can you use gpl3 software ? You are working on behalf of the client and not distributing it. From a standard gpl FAQ: Q: I am an OXID partner/reseller/consultant and I occasionally do one-time OXID eShop Community Edition customizatio...
For arguments sake, say that we create a web application , that depends on a GPLv3 licensed component, lets say Ext JS. Based on Section 0 of the license, the common notion is that the entire web application (the client side javascript) falls under the definition of a covered work: A “covered work” means either the unmodified Progra...
http://directory.fsf.org/project/libgcrypt/ I am coding and application in C++, the application uses libgcrypt, so -lgcryptoption is passed to GCC C++. my source code includes "#include " i am using the library as "SHARED" meaning its not distributet with the executable of my application. the library is licensed under GPLv3/LGPL, do ...
I am developing an open source (GPL v3) project to apply KDE's oxygen icons to Windows. I want to know whether I am permitted to incorporate Ubuntu's human icon set (under the Creative Commons Legal Code Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5) into this program without re-licensing the whole program under a different license. If I am permitted, then...
Hey all! First and foremost the opinions expressed about the licenses here are only mine and the information I have interpreted about the licenses so far. I could be wrong, but I hope not. Feel free to correct me otherwise. :-) Over the years I've released perhaps about 10 projects via open-source, which to this date are ...
I'm using a library licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2. I wish to release my own code (which uses the GPLv2 library) under GPLv3. The library license contains the following paragraph: This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License...
I was hoping GPLv3 would make GPLv2 easier to understand for the layman, but when I came across the phrase "propagate by procuring conveyance" what the heck is that supposed to mean!?!? I spent a lot of quality time with a thesaurus and tried to understand this alone. Given the effort required to understand a sentence, I'm quite certai...
I am creating a piece of FOSS to handle all the extra buttons ony my keyboard (through g15daemon). As part of this, I wish to create a daemon to handle parsing events. I am planning on using the Qt Service solution provided by Qt. My question is: should these files be included with the project or handled seperately? Since the Qt-Servic...
Hi everyone, I'm working on an Open Source VB6 application, the components that my application uses are as follows: MS Forms 2.0 object Library - FM20.dll MS Rich Text box Control 6.0 - RICHTX32.OCX MS Windows Common Controls 6.0 - MSCOMCT2.OCX MS Windows Common Dialog Controls - COMDLG32.OCX Since, these components are ...
I just came across this article that mentions both Microsoft and Apple have banned all GPLv3 based code from their mobile "app store"-related sites. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/reviews/developer-tools/2010/09/27/windows-phone-7-developer-tools-a-first-look-40090296/ excerpt: "The one unfriendly part of the agreements you need to sign ...
How does one go about including multiple licenses in software? For example, I'm working on a project that I would license as GPLv3. I'd like to include some libraries from the Apache Commons (Apache license 2.0). These libraries are distributed with both NOTICE.txt and LICENSE.txt, which to my understanding must be included in my projec...