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Top new questions this week:

Handling client integrity for closed/opensource mixed project

Let's say I have a project in which I use modified LGPL libraries that is used by my own code. As far as I understand it, I am obligated to publish the changes I made to the LGPL libraries, and I am ...

licensing lgpl  
user avatar asked by Lucas Score of 6
user avatar answered by Mureinik Score of 13

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

Why does Linux still use the GPLv2?

As I know, Linux intentionally avoids the switch from GPLv2 to GPLv3. It has the unfortunate side-effect, that it doesn't take part in the defense of the opensource world from the most recent danger, ...

gpl linux-kernel  
user avatar asked by peterh Score of 40
user avatar answered by cpast Score of 62

Does Licensing open-source prevent me from selling the product?

In the last question I asked, I found out that open-source licenses are always letting people use your code/product commercially. This means that they can technically sell the product. Does this mean ...

license commercial  
user avatar asked by Kid A Score of 6

"GitHub Stars" is a very useful metric. But for *what*?

Users on the GitHub website are able to "star" other people's repositories, thereby saving them in their list of Starred Repos. Some people use "stars" to indicate that they like a project, other ...

github  
user avatar asked by Left SE On 10_6_19 Score of 54
user avatar answered by Philippe Ombredanne Score of 35

Why would the GPL be "viral", while EUPL isn't, according to the EUPL authors?

So, according to the FSF, any work that links to a GPL licensed work is considered a derivative work, and thus also needs to be covered by the GPL. The EUPL also demands derivative works to become ...

gpl derivative-works fsf eupl  
user avatar asked by Opifex Score of 17

If my repository uses a MIT license, can I submit a DMCA takedown for someone who copied it?

I have an MIT-licensed repository which has been copied entirely, just replacing the author's name. I've heard that MIT takes away most copyright and permits free use, but if anyone can copy code and ...

licensing mit copyright dmca  
user avatar asked by user18915229 Score of 13
user avatar answered by Philip Kendall Score of 51

What exactly is Tivoization and why didn't Linus Torvalds like it in GPLv3?

I still don't understand what Tivoization is and why Linus Torvalds did not like it. Can you explain to me the big idea of Tivoization?

licensing gpl-3 terminology drm  
user avatar asked by Ricardo Score of 36
user avatar answered by Mureinik Score of 54

How do I release code written for a company to the public?

I'm working on a Unity project for a company and, while doing so, I wrote some code that I think would be cool to have it on the internet, free to use. But I never released something that is owned by ...

license-recommendation copyright github proprietary-code open-source-definition  
user avatar asked by Mikele Score of 18
user avatar answered by MadHatter Score of 25
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