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tl;dr version Unlike most software licenses, the GPL (at least version 3.0) does not contain a choice of law provision. Why is this, and what provisions are in place to adjudicate disputes in the …
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Say I have a program (not GPL compatible) that performs static analysis against source code through some pattern matching, similar to a linter. One way I could write unit tests for my program is to …
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I have inspected bsd3 license and it seems like a good permissive license for open source software. However I have a question: Do I need to distribute licensing of a software that I have used (bsd3 …
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I was reading www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html to understand about GPLv3 but it seems I am more confused with the term source. Is the word source referring to source of the library or my …
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I think I still do not completely understand license language, and therefore the MIT license as being concise and very permissive seems to be a good example to learn on. Considering this sentence: &…
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I would like to include a pod that I found on cocoa pods and its an animation of a button. It is licensed under MIT licence: cocoapods.org/pods/DynamicButton In the licence it states: …
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Problem statement: I see innumerous patents being filled with vague and generalized descriptions, with most of them never coming to fruition. Humanity as a community suffers because of these patent …
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Let’s say a company modifies a GPLv3 software. All it’s employees can use the modified software and have access to the modified source code. The company’s employees don’t have the right to distribute …
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I know that for many years, C# was proprietary, and it’s always been focused on Windows. Then I started hearing about Microsoft releasing component after component of the language’s framework as open-…
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A lot of our projects are CC0 licensed and I had been researching across the web to find any information regarding the legalities of this, and to retain the original author’s moral rights. I have not …
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This question is related, but it is different to this one: How can I forbid shady resale practices? Scenario: Suppose that a small team or startup (company A), develops a good software project, which …
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I have been using open-source software, and, the open-source Community is great at maintaining such projects. But, I have observed something in smaller open-source projects. Whenever I demand some …
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