Can I use GPL software for commercial purposes?

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Can I use GPL software for commercial purposes?

Software under the GPL may be run for all purposes, including commercial purposes and even as a tool for creating proprietary software, such as when using GPL-licensed compilers. Users or companies who distribute GPL-licensed works (e.g. software), may charge a fee for copies or give them free of charge.

Can BSD license be used commercially?

Yes. You can use BSD-licensed projects in closed-source, commercial projects. You must include the original copyright and license.

What licenses are GPL compatible?

These licenses are compatible with the GNU GPL version 2.

  • Berkeley Database License (aka the Sleepycat Software Product License)
  • Boost Software License.
  • CeCILL version 2.
  • Clarified Artistic License.
  • Cryptix General License.
  • EU DataGrid Software License.
  • Eiffel Forum License, version 2.
  • Expat License.
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Can I use GPL-licensed code in my MIT licensed project?

Can I use GPL-licensed code in my MIT-licensed project? No. The project as a whole must conform to the terms of the GPL license and must be distributed under the terms of that license. Therefore such a project as a whole must be distributed as GPL, but can still contain MIT-licensed software.

Can I use GPL for SaaS?

SaaS companies are more free to use GPL licensed-code because the obligations of the GPL are triggered upon software distribution and SaaS software by nature is not distributed. (This is often referred to as the GPL “SaaS loophole.”) However, SaaS companies still need to be concerned about software licensing.

What is the difference between GPL and BSD?

In contrast to the GPL, which is designed to prevent the proprietary commercialization of Open Source code, the BSD license places minimal restrictions on future behavior. This allows BSD code to remain Open Source or become integrated into commercial solutions, as a project’s or company’s needs change.

What is the 3-clause BSD license?

The BSD 3-clause license allows you almost unlimited freedom with the software so long as you include the BSD copyright and license notice in it (found in Fulltext). You may not use the names of the original company or its members to endorse derived products.

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Can I use GPL library in MIT project?

3 Answers. No; incorporating or linking against GPL requires that your project-as-a-whole be distributed under GPL. But you can include MIT licensed parts (or another GPL-compatible license) in the project.

Can you sell GPL licensed?

Can you sell GPL software/code? Yes, the GPL license allows users to sell the original as well as the modified software. However, if someone buys your program for a fee, GPL gives him/her the liberty to release it to the public, with or without a fee.

Should you use a BSD or GPL open source license?

1. Introduction This document makes a case for using a BSD style license for software and data; specifically it recommends using a BSD style license in place of the GPL. It can also be read as a BSD versus GPL Open Source License introduction and summary. 2. Very Brief Open Source History

What is the New BSD license?

This new BSD license is intended to encourage product commercialization. Any BSD code can be sold or included in proprietary products without any restrictions on the availability of your code or your future behavior. Do not confuse the new BSD license with “public domain”.

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Do I need to license my software under the GPL?

If you release/distribute software using LGPL’d libraries, your software doesn’t need to be covered by the GPL, but the libraries must retain the LGPL. Modification of [L]GPL’d components suggests contribution back to the creator/maintainer. I’m not clear on how that affects your product’s licensing.

Can I use GPL code at the DevOps / build layer?

Unless someone in the comments disagrees, I’d like to point out that if you need to use a bit of GPL code at your devops / build layer, you can make that tool a separate application which CAN, potentially, be made open source w/o giving away the product your other-named tool builds. If you use GPL code at runtime, you gotta give out the source.

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