Does this BSD-like license achieve what I want it to? [closed]
Closed 9 years ago.
Can I use CodeSynthesis XSD (C++/Tree mapping) together with a GPLv3-licensed library?
Is it possible to write an open source project that uses generated code from CodeSynthesis XSD (C++/Tree) and then link it to a third-party library that is licensed under the GPL version 3?
Does extending GPL code make the new code GPL too?
I am currently adding some functionality to a popular open source project. It written in C and in Every file GPL license text is embedded. The functionality I am adding is not supported by the project. So you can say its some sort of extending.
What is the significance of each paragraph of the GPL “copying permission statement”?
Part of the FSF’s instructions for placing a program under the GPL is including the following “copying permission statement” at the top of your file, under the copyright notice:
How to manage, in practice, licence files when combining GPL and BSD licensed code?
I am writing code that uses one library with GPL (not LGPL) license, and one with the 3-clause BSD license. Since I link to GPL-licensed library, my code will need to be GPL as well. How should I, in practice, deal with the original LICENSE.txt from the BSD-library?
Open Source Project: Company to register copyright
I’m releasing an open source project. I want to make it as inclusive as possible for any community that might embrace it. Specifically, I don’t want the code copyrighted in my name when an entire community might work on it; that approach seems self-centred and alienating. My immediate thought to avoid this issue is to assign the copyright to a company rather than myself. How do I do this? Do I have to register a corporation? Can I just give the name of a group and call that a company? What legal hurdles are there? I honestly have no idea when it comes to this sort of thing.
Are these steps enough to put my bash script under GPL 3?
I have written a bash script I would like to put under GPL v3. I’ve read the GNU documentation
on How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs and How to use GNU licenses for your own software. Still, I’m not quite sure what to put there and which artifacts are needed.
Can CC0 code use a GPL library?
Suppose my code uses (simply links to) a library licensed under the GPL. Can I release my code under CC0 (public domain dedication)? Is my code affected by the copyleft nature of the GPL?
can gpl code contain more restrictively licensed code? (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
There is a wordpress theme I am modifying to create my own derived work. This original wordpress theme has the GPLv2 licence in it’s root directory, so I assume that the entire theme is GPL code.
Do accompanying tools/scripts also need to be licensed to put my bash script under GPLv3?
This is some sort of follow up to an older question of me.