Questions tagged [linked-libraries]
For questions concerning the use of linked libraries such as DLLs and linked JARs.
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Can my Software Use a Library Licensed Under EPL 1.0 with no Source Code Available?
I have built a piece of Java software that uses a library. I extracted this library from another software that's distributed in compiled form under Eclipse Public License 1.0. So, I have the library ...
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Proper naming scheme for a wrapper library dedicated to a single library?
I am writing a game engine with an abstraction layer that allows different external libraries to be used as backends for graphics, sound, input, physics, etc.
For each of these backends/external ...
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What is it "to provide all the source necessary to build the software, including supporting libraries"?
In A Quick Guide to GPLv3 by Brett Smith, he says:
Both versions of the GPL require you to provide all the source
necessary to build the software, including supporting libraries,
compilation scripts, ...
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Is this license "viral"?
The background to this question is that I'm building a physics library in C++, and I'm looking for code to implement some of my functionalities. I found this program (linked in full here https://www....
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Can I call the Google AI Edge SDK from my Apache2-licensed app? [closed]
Google AI Edge SDK allows running LLM prompts offline, which would be very beneficial in my Android app for some tasks such as summarization.
Google AI Edge SDK gives access to Android's built-in ...
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What do I have to do to comply with selling a game on steam if I use the libraries Openssl + Openal-soft + Libsndfile
I would prefer to statically link my game for steam, but if not I’m fine with letting it be dynamic. I just need help with the exact specifics of what I must do to accomplish for selling my software.
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Linking both statically and dynamically to an LGPL library from a proprietary program
My proprietary program dynamically links with an LGPL (2.1 or later) library. However, for technical and practical reasons, the need to distribute the library as a separate .so/.dll file is ...
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Am I allowed to statically link a LGPL-2.1+ library into a GPL3-licensed library?
I'm writing a dynamic library that's licensed under GPL 3.0. To simplify distribution, I'd like to statically link as many of the library's dependencies as possible. One of these libraries is licensed ...
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Do I have to comply with the LGPL when using a BSD-licensed library in a closed-source application, which then uses other LGPL-licensed libraries?
I am going to implement a closed-source, commercial application that uses and links statically the modbus-esp8266 library which is released under a BSD New license. At the same time, you can see in ...
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License requirements for DLLs that are indirectly required by Qt [duplicate]
I am deploying a Qt project on Windows with MinGW which spits out a dozen or so DLLs that are required by Qt, but not directly by my project. Some of these are:
pcre2
zlib
harfbuzz
freetype
iconv
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License a project under the GPLv3, but license a library to communicate with it under the MIT. Is it possible?
I am currently writing a game. Leaving aside all the game development things, I want to create a library implementation for its API, basically so I give some random guy on the internet the ability to ...
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Can a program that uses a GPL library be closed source if it is distributed without the GPL library?
Suppose I create software that uses a library licensed under the GPL. If I distribute the software including the library, the software would have to be licensed under the GPL as well. But what if I ...
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Can I put a license on my code if it uses external libraries?
I'm currently developing a software in Python which is importing functions of libraries.
So I was asking myself: do the licenses of the libraries I use in my software apply to my code?
And if not, can ...
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Does licensing a parent software under GPL v3.0 satisfy the licensing requirements of GPLv3/LGPL libraries used?
I have written two Java desktop programs that I would like to license under GPLv3 and distribute as executable JARs on Gitlab. The programs use Maven for dependencies and pull in GPLv3 and LGPL ...
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Can I use "unless otherwise noted this project is released under XXX"?
I have a project which uses unmodified libraries with MIT-like licenses. I don't include source code of these libraries in my project tree, just include some its configuration files which have full ...
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