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What counts as disclosing source for software licenses? [closed]
MPL v2, GPL v3 and other licenses alike require giving users access to source code.
For desktop applications - does access have to be provided through the user interface (GUI)? Or can it just be ...
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Can I release software under the GPL if it must be built with a proprietary compiler?
The compiler doesn't leave its own code in the software or link proprietary libraries with it, the source code is exactly the same one I used throughout the development process, everyone is free to ...
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Distributing GPL-ed software with lost source code
Thought experiment.
Tom is a software developer. He releases his relatively simple software under GPL. Jerry forks his source code and creates a world savior software with months or years of hard ...
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Do I have to make source code open, if I use GPLv2 licensed software to derive data
I'm working on a calendar project, on my own. In this project I've to use Swiss Ephemeris. It is licensed under GPLv2 and commercial. With commercial version of license, developers entitled to ...
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GPL- How much source must be released?
Suppose I have a GPL v2-licensed library that is of interest to a closed-source project (e.g. Wolfram Alpha).
If some of my code were used in Wolfram Alpha, or a product that interfaces with Wolfram ...
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GPL Confusion! Can I sell a product with GPL covered components without making the source available?
I'm really confused..
I'm looking into making a commercial program and there are a few open source, GPL covered components i'd like to use..
Am I allowed to sell my product with the components in ...
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Must source code released under GPL be human-readable?
In a response to another question, a poster suggested that under the GPL:
...you need to provide the human readable [code], not a whitespace stripped version...
Readability would seem to me to be ...
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