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Questions tagged [license-notice]

For questions about the content and placement of license, copyright, and disclaimers

For questions about the content and placement of license, copyright, and disclaimers in an open source project, to include a license file that is distributed along with the project (use the "license-file" tag to ask questions that are specifically about license files), or embedded in the source files or executables, or elsewhere.

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How to add a licensed piece of code to my own repository? (Brainfuck)

For example, I'm building this Brainfuck interpreter. I want to add some people's programs as test cases. For example this program. The program I want to add to my repository is MIT licensed in this case, but if possible I'd like to get an answer…
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How to denote certain files are under a different license?

Example GPL v3 Project, MIT (ExPat) file/directory. myproject ├── LICENSE (GPL v3) ├── ... ├── gpl_licensed_file ├── mit_licensed_directory │   └── mit_file1 └── mit_licensed_file So If I were looking at this project, I would have on way to know…
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Can I use the SPDX License Identifier in place of the full text of a file-based license?

I am planning to release my code under the terms of the Universal Permissive License (UPL), Version 1.0. According to UPL's FAQ, it is recommended that I include the entire text of the license at the beginning of every file that I release under the…
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Where should I include the license and copyright notice into my website?

My website used TailwindCSS, and other OSS. TailwindCSS (generated the css) (imported via npm install) typed.js (imported via from https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/typed.js/2.0.12/typed.min.js) Surely, I must include…
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Interactive tool to identify license based on the license text

Is there some web page or Unix command line tool where I can paste the text of a license, and it would match it against a database of well-known open source licenses to tell me which one it is? For example, the SPDX project already has an excellent…
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Precise syntax of SPDX-License-Identifier in source files

What is the precise syntax of the // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only comments in source files, and which organization, project or specification defines it? If there is no such definition, what syntax would be interoperable with the current…
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How to declare a license usage in android app

I'm building an app and willing to post it on play store. As common when build the app specially for the beginners like me, I used to ask questions at the web specially Stack Overflow about how to implement some methods, listeners,etc.. (not…
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Third party license in single-file distribution

I found some similar questions here and in other places, but nothing seemed to quite fit my use case. I am writing a JavaScript program that imports and uses another library which is licensed under MIT (but this question also holds with respect to…
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Apache Cordova License Notice

If I make an app with Apache Cordova / Ionic Capacitor (likely fork of Apache Cordova I think), is put license notices on the source code is sufficient enough? I've seen an app that did notices each license inside it so the user can read it easily.…
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License notice for embedded device - include operating system and apt packages?

I have to create a license and copyright notice for an embedded device using Raspbian Lite as operating system, running a custom application developed by me. The device is sold as a whole. I browsed a lot of questions and answers, but I'm still not…
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What does the second statement accomplish if the first has already disclaimed all warranties?

Ritchey Permissive License v7 states: provided without warranties of any kind. The authors, owners, and providers will not be held responsible for anything then states: When sharing the material with others you take on all responsibilities of…
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Fulfilling license conditions on server applications

Let's say I have a server side software(running as a service) with no direct interaction with the user but nevertheless commercial. This software contains open source components. Most of the open source licenses require at least to display a…
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License Text Coverage

I plan to use the following library https://github.com/krzyzanowskim/CryptoSwift. For this library a convenient license is displayed on the front page. The issue I see is that when I go inside the project (e.g here…
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Propagation of third party notices

Lets assume I use ChakraCore in a project that I distribute like a web browser. Does that mean that I have to inlude all the third party notices of ChakraCore in my shipped product? Basically a transitive dependency on licensed material. I was…
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Is SharpDevelop free to use by companies or in companies?

I would like to ask whether SharpDevelop and MVS (community edition) are free to use by companies or in companies? Do I need to buy them?
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