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Suppose a web-based scientific application uses an AGPL-licensed computational backend. What practical strategies allow the frontend to interface with that backend without triggering broader AGPL ...
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R is distributed mainly under the GPL2 or GPL3, but there are also some header files(?) under the LGPL-2.1. The header files go outside my current comprehension. https://www.r-project.org/Licenses/ ...
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If I want to publish an R project on GitHub (not an R package on CRAN) how in practice I can execute license analysis on the code and select appropriate license for the repository? An automated ...
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From VS Code setup docs, both Arch Linux and NixOS installation guide says below as package description: There is a community-maintained ... (package) I have known that as for Arch Linux, VSCode is ...
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The CIE (international commission on illumination) has a lot of spectra defined in its ISO standards. They publish them on their website (https://cie.co.at/data-tables) with a CC BY-SA 4.0 license (...
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Firefox relies on system codecs to play H.264 videos, but has an OpenH264 plugin to handle video calls even when you don't have the proper system codecs: Why is there an OpenH264 plugin in Firefox? ...
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I've a doubt about licenses of the java external libraries(jar files) which I'm planning to use in my personal commercial java swing application.Those libraries are jSerialComm and Apache POI. I'm ...
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I am developing a solution to deploy open-source hardware in a way that would be similar to APT or Portage in software. As a matter of fact, the idea is to extend something like Portage to make it ...
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Is there a short weak (or strong) copyleft license? I like the GPL v3. The way that all its different sections interlock is quite poetic. However, this beauty comes at the cost of it being near ...
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I am beginning to learn about open source software licenses. I am especially interested in how open source licenses interact with patents. I've seen the term "patent-granting" used several ...
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I am working on a project to create (in PDF) letter charts for children for alphabet learning. This involves a number of different pictures from different sources (but mostly Wikipedia) and different ...
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If i am using the GNU-licensed software "Open Metronome" (https://sourceforge.net/projects/openmetronome/) to create the basic rhythm of my own music, I am wondering if I can freely ...
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I've been reading a whole lot and can't seem to find this specific question. I am currently making a software which will ideally be used to provide information to people that pay for consultations. ...
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There are a number of open integrated development environments which offer developer to make and compile software, such as the replit.com platform. Will the author of the code have full rights on the ...
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Are there any continuously integrated forks of Mozilla Firefox that only use the open source code? If not, why?
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