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Questions tagged [gpl-3]

The General Public License, offered by GNU. Use this tag if the question involves version 3 of the license.

The GPL, or General Public License is a basic software license offered by GNU, which is sponsored by the Free Software Foundation. There are currently three major versions of the license; this tag is for questions specifically about GPL version 3 (GPLv3).

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Using GPL code in an application that is offered to a single client as source code

My situation: I have a continuous contract with a single client for "IT services". I am developing a web application that is completely custom to their needs. As part of the agreement the application will be installed on the client premises and used…
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Is the process to set up, install, and implement GPL-3.0-only software considered proprietary?

I've arranged for a software provider to install a free and open-source application on a server. The application is licensed under GPL-3.0-only. The software provider has installed the software onto the server (the installation took a couple of…
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Is a screenshot with GPL3 resources, GPL3?

With, say, a commercial game (Kerbal Space Program in this instance) with user mods, that are themselves GPL3 licenced and have an effect on the visuals of a screenshot (e.g. art assets, images, custom displays), does a screenshot that includes…
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What restrictions can I place on a device whose software is licensed using GPL v3?

Let's say I'm selling a device with my software pre installed whose license is GPL v3. I want to prevent an unauthorized OS from being installed. According to GPL v3, I will have to share the private key with the user that can sign the image that…
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GPL with named pipes?

I'd like some help/advice regarding a problem I'm facing with licensing options. I'm currently writing software for an open hardware project that uses cameras from various brands. I'd like (very much) that my program be released under a GPLv3…
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Can I share a cracked version of a program originally under GPL v3?

The original program is open sourced under GPL v3, but asks for a fee to use it. I did not pay for it, but I'd like to share the no-fee version I compiled with my college friends (obviously under GPL v3). Can I do that?
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Is this GPLv3 licensed code "publishable" in GitHub?

I'm developing a desktop app and i'm using StrapDown.js. My question start with the StrapDown project page. It says: This project is released under the GPLv3 license, for more details, take a look at the LICENSE file in the source. My doubt comes…
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Can a developer of a GPL-3 code ask a client not to publicly share the code?

I will elaborate my question with a hypothetical example. A commercial software named "Kota" from a company called "GRILL" is based on a publically open-source GPL-3 software "Choc". "Kota", as stated in their website, is claimed to be an…
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Can I translate an app under GPLv3 into Swift without using GPLv3?

Can I translate an App from Android using GPLv3 into Swift? Because actually I don't use any source code. Do I need to keep it under GPLv3 and open source? Is there any method to avoid infection if it must under GPLv3?
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Making a commercial plugin for a GPLv3 software without releasing the plugin's code

I have been developing an open-source software under the GNU GPLv3 license for 3 years (as part of my PhD thesis) and I am releasing the source code to the public. Now I am planning to write a plug-in for that software and distribute the plugin…
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Licensing wordpress theme with an activation key

I found that some wordpress themes and plugins uses activation key approach, to sell GPL licensed theme. Is it illegal to remove the code logic for licensing, and redistributing them?
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Can a GPLv3 app be uploaded to the Windows Store?

Let's consider a GNU-GPLv3 desktop application. It is not dual-licensable at all, for instance because a lot of code has been contributed as GNU-GPLv3 by people who can not be found anymore, so changing the license is not an option. QUESTION: Can…
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Are weights of a neural network derivative work of the GPL-3 training framework?

I could not really find a satisfying answer here yet, this question touches it but kind of reversed. For example the training framework for Yolo v7 is used to train a neural network using the config (cfg) file from the repo which is licensed under…
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Does licensing JavaScript code under the GPL require publishing the non-concatenated source code?

Webix is a UI components library licensed under the GPL, with a FLOSS exception. On GitHub, they have distributed JavaScript in concatenated form only. Must the authors of Webix publish the non-concatenated source code as well?
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Can GPL-3.0 licensed product be integrated with a commercial product , if it is hosted as a separate microservice?

The plan is to use mosaico - open source email editor under license GPL-3.0 - in one of our commercial products. If we hosted mosaico as a separate microservice (with gpl license) and our non gpl product communicates with it through APIs, and…
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