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Good note about JS. Since that's involved I suppose there's no options other than using GPL for the project. As a follow-up: As far as I understand GPL does not force you to make the source public, but it must be shared if anyone requests it. If so, if I do not make a public repo and just host the project somewhere, how would anyone know that it is GPL licensed?

pie_is_nice
– pie_is_nice

2015-09-08 09:40:06 +00:00
Commented Sep 8, 2015 at 9:40
@pie_is_nice See terms and conditions chapter 1 of the GPL.

Philipp
– Philipp

2015-09-08 10:53:05 +00:00
Commented Sep 8, 2015 at 10:53
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@pie_is_nice You could include a "copyright" page or "GPL notice" link somewhere on your page and then state what GPL software you've used. If you don't host the required source code, you can also make a "written offer" to supply the source code upon request. For GPL JavaScript libraries, this would include the actual JavaScript libraries you've used, and any JavaScript code you've written which depends upon them. "How would anyone know that it is GPL licensed?" - Well, you could always use the GPL software without fulfilling your obligations. But arguably that's a license infringement.

Brandin
– Brandin

2015-09-08 15:15:21 +00:00
Commented Sep 8, 2015 at 15:15

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