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BSD Software license usage
We are a company and we want to use 30% of the BSD opensource software to plug and play it with our source code, can we do that. Further this program will not be distributed and only will be accessed ...
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Is BSD license compatible with Apache?
Can I develop a BSD-licensed software that extends an Apache-licensed software (and vice-versa)?
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What license is applicable for an app based on CodeIgniter?
I am trying to fork an application that is based on CodeIgniter. According to the GoogleCode page, the license is GPLv3. However, examining the license.txt file inside the root directory of the ...
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How does a developer set up an environment to hack on an OS like Linux, Plan9 or BSD?
I've always found it daunting and confusing how an OS hacker sets up their workflow. As a web-developer I find it easy to set up a workflow because web-sites run on servers and as such my OS is never ...
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Do LAMP/Java-based software development teams have SOE's?
As a developer on the Windows/.NET stack, it's pretty normal for the company-supplied machine to come with Windows (usually an ancient, archaic version like Windows XP) and a stack of software ...
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Advertising clause in Apache License
The Apache 1.0 license includes an advertising clause:
Apache:
All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this *
software must display the following acknowledgment: * "This
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What is the difference between releasing code under the BSD license and releasing it as public domain?
You are free to use BSD licensed code for anything, even commercial, closed source software.
How is that any different than just releasing it as public domain?
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Relicense BSD 2/3-clause code to GPL
Suppose I release some source code under the new BSD license. Is it allowed for someone else to take this code, make modifications to it and distribute it under the terms of the GPL? From Wikipedia:
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Can I redistribute simplified BSD code?
Here is a plugin I wish to redistribute:
http://plugins.jquery.com/project/TextAreaResizer
I've written a Jquery plugin that needs the text resizer as a prerequisite. The license type says:
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Searching for a license compatible with BSD, LGPL, and either MIT or GPL version 2, for commercial open source app
I'm writing a web app which I want to use commercially (i.e. I want to charge people to use it), but I'm happy to make the code available for others to fork. The app includes the following:
Django: ...
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Help me choose an Open-Source license
So I've done lots of open-source work. I have released many projects, most of which have fallen under GPL, LGPL, or BSD licensing.
Now I have a new project (an implementation library), and I can't ...
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AGPL-compatible license
I am using a java library licensed under AGPL3.
However, I would like to license my own work as BSD, such that my code could then be integrated in proprietary projects if one strips the library. Will ...
