Assume the following: You are developing a server side application in GPL. Now this application serves HTML and not an executable which is directly executed on your machine. That means that another guy could take the GPL code, adapt it and does not necessarily need to publish it. Ie. he can create the identical service … Read more
LGPL allows you to use and distribute the open source software with your application without releasing the source code for your application. GPL requires you to release the source code of your application if you choose to use and distribute the GPL licensed open source software with your application. In other words, your application must … Read more
It seems to me that the chief difference between the MIT license and GPL is that the MIT doesn’t require modifications be open sourced whereas the GPL does. True – in general. You don’t have to open-source your changes if you’re using GPL. You could modify it and use it for your own purpose as … Read more
You can also just execute $ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin/sdkmanager –licenses Or for Windows execute %ANDROID_HOME%/tools/bin/sdkmanager –licenses — OR — C:\Users{your-username}\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\tools\bin\sdkmanager –licenses (credit for windows command to @puneet-kumar)
If you release it with a license, you allow people to use it as the licence describes. You can’t just say “no I changed my mind I don’t want it to be under GPL”. Of course your future release may be in another license (GPL forces other people’s modified versions to be GPL, but you, … Read more
According to the new npm specification you can use { “license”: “UNLICENSED”} if you do not wish to grant others the right to use a private or unpublished package under any terms. Please refer the full details here So you might not get the error you mentioned.
The page linked to in another answer is a good source, but a lot to read. Here is a short list of some the major differences: internationalization: they used new terminology, rather than using language tied to US legal concepts patents: they specifically address patents (including the Microsoft/Novell issue noted in another answer) “Tivo-ization”: they … Read more
In your repository, click ‘Create new file’ 2. a) Type ‘LICENSE’, ‘LICENSE.md’ or ‘LICENSE.txt’ as the new file’s file name. b) The ‘Want to use a new template?’ dialog will appear. Choose your preferred license. The accepted answer is almost there, but confused me, because it said ‘click the blue plus’ – the interface may … Read more
“Is there a good way to handle this problem?” No. Nothing can be protected against reverse engineering. Even the firmware on DVD machines has been reverse engineered and the AACS Encryption key exposed. And that’s in spite of the DMCA making that a criminal offense. Since no technical method can stop your customers from reading … Read more