Questions tagged [foss]
Free and Open Source Software
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Is it legitimate to track down a library maintainer who has disappeared? [closed]
There's a public FOSS library available online, which has not seen any commits by its author for about 3 years. 2 years ago the maintainer added a README.md comment saying he's sorry for being ...
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How to break the vicious cycle of test-writing preceding an initial release?
I'm developing a FOSS library which I am pretty fond of. More specific details probably don't matter.
I've already "finished" a feature set sufficient for an initial release IMHO. However - some of ...
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How can I consult users of my FOSS library about a design change idea?
I have a FOSS library made public through GitHub. It's not a big library, it doesn't have a community around it or anything like that - but it does get a few dozen unique clones a week.
Now, I'm ...
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How to prevent unfair use of open source software licensed under Apache 2.0 [closed]
I have released many open source software under Apache 2.0, now I'm providing a SaaS using that software.
Basically, I need to prevent people just taking my software and just rebrand it to provide it ...
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How should I approach documentation generation for my FOSS library? [closed]
I've published a small FOSS library (link below, but what it does is not very material to this question), on GitHub. It doesn't have releases yet, but it's quite usable and (sort of) tested.
Now, I ...
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What are the options for licensing a code project with "license soup" in the sources?
I'm working on a software project which I intend to release as FOSS in some way. My code includes quite a few header/source files written by others:
Better Enums
A slightly modified GSL Lite
An ...
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Using a GNU GPL licensed component in a BSD licensed software [duplicate]
I am currently in process of writing a software application.
In this application, I use another software project which is licensed by GNU GPL. I have widely modified the GNU licensed component and ...
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Working on Free Software [closed]
My main experience is with iOS, but I'd like to move into writing free and open source software instead. Are there many jobs out there that allow you to work on projects like this? I've looked on the ...
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Where to place 3rd party software license information? [closed]
After a user installs my application, where in the app's install directory should I place information regarding 3rd party software (e.g. FOSS) licenses? Should I just append it to my EULA? Is there ...
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selling closed source commercial product in a virtualbox (GPL)
Can I sell a closed source commercial product inside a virtualbox VM?
This is extremely useful when you want to deliver server side software to users, and not mess in with different OS's (windows/osx)...
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Properly licensing FOSS: text location
I have a few FOSS projects that I want to release under the BSD license, since I only wish to maintain the intellectual property of the code, that others will know I've been writing it.
I suppose all ...
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Professional Development: Finding that "pet project" to work on - then managing other commitments [closed]
At the moment, like a fair few of you I'd imagine, I spend at least 40 hours working on projects that use a specific set of technologies. Sometimes I'm doing maintenance, and have those technologies ...
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Who gets source code access with agpl
After reading for what seems days on the specifics of GPLv3 and more specifically AGPLv3, I have one question as far as distributing and to whom.
If I create a web app (server and client) for a ...
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Most appropriate OSS license for infrastructure code
I'm looking into potentially releasing some infrastructure code (related to automated builds and deployments) as OSS and I'm curious about how the various OSS licenses effect it.
Specifically, LGPL ...
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Are there any FOSS operating systems available that conform to NASA's JPL coding standards? [closed]
I, like many others, have been completely enamored with the recent successful landing of Mar's Curiosity rover. After reading a couple of articles, and following a few links, I've found a couple C ...
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