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Questions tagged [restrictions]
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Restricting the open source by adding a statement in README
My open source project is released under Apache2 License. I want people to use the library under Apache2 however I don't want people to copy the ideas/algorithms when they're building products similar to my library.
If I add a statement in README…
Gurmit Teotia
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Telling authors that they can't have it both ways: Restrictions in readme, and an Open Source license
I've been looking at some minecraft mods.
Minecraft mods often include in the readme or on the download page various restrictions:
No commercial use
Redistributing only if you contact author and get permission
Rarely even: "no…
Frames Catherine White
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Do I have to credit small changes to my source?
Say I have a project I've posted on Github and after having it online for a month, I get an email or pull request from someone recommending a small change (For example, they say that on line 123 of file Foo.cpp I should change a = b + c; to a = b -…
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Convergent Licencing
Is there a variation of the GPL/BSD licences that states that you may use modify and distribute this code however you please but in such a fashion that should your distribution of the code compete with my distribution of the code some ways down the…
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