Is GPL compatible with BSD?

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Is GPL compatible with BSD?

Many of the most common free-software licenses, especially the permissive licenses, such as the original MIT/X license, BSD licenses (in the three-clause and two-clause forms, though not the original four-clause form), MPL 2.0, and LGPL, are GPL-compatible.

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 you sell GPL licensed software?

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Can you sell GPL software/code? Yes, the GPL license allows users to sell the original as well as the modified software. It may be confusing, but free software is referred to as free in terms of freedom and not in terms of price.

Does the BSD require you to republish the code if you make changes?

It requires you to disclose your source code and make the modified version open source as well. It also forbids you from sub-licensing, meaning that you can’t change any of the original license terms or introduce any of your own. You’re also required to state all the changes you make to the original code.

Can you change from GPL to MIT?

You can. GPL is free software as well as MIT is, both licenses do not restrict you to bring together the code where as “include” is always two-way. In copyright for a combined work (that is two or more works form together a work), it does not make much of a difference if the one work is “larger” than the other or not.

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Can a GPL be enforced?

But it is sometimes said that the GPL can’t be enforced because users haven’t “accepted” it. After all, the GPL requires each copy of covered software to include the license text, so everyone is fully informed. Despite the FUD, as a copyright license the GPL is absolutely solid.

Can I use GPL 2 in commercial software?

Yes, you can. But you will have to release the entire app under GPL. But if its just used internally, its not a problem as it doesn’t matter if other people in your company get your code.