Questions tagged [licensing]
For questions about permission and terms to use intellectual property.
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German and American Driver's License
I'm from New York and got a NY DL. I'm staying 2 years in Germany, for a job opportunity. I already checked, that I have 6 month to get a German License, before my NY one isn't valid there anymore.
My ...
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Can a software company turn off their license server preventing further use of purchased licenses? [duplicate]
Today, Finale by MakeMusic made an announcement that they are discontinuing their software. Although it makes perfect sense that they won't be issuing updates or allowing new purchases, this line ...
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Do flickr authors license their photos to be shared with the embed script for free as part of the TOS?
Flickr provides an "embed" feature that allows users to share photos on external websites by embedding them while linking back to Flickr. I’m wondering if this automatically grants a free-...
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If students use academic licenses to perform work for commercial firms, but as part of class projects, is that a license violation?
Assume that a university has a program that solicits computing projects from industry partners. These projects are directly in service of the commercial entities' businesses. The organizations may or ...
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Legal status of copyright licenses
From what I understand, a copyright is granted by a governing body - thus the copyright owner presumably must choose from a set of offered copyright filings. Alternatively, they are assigned one based ...
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If an agreement puts some condition on a file, does the condition also apply to its content? (the content itself is under CC BY-SA)
Example: the Stack Exchange data dump has a new access agreement, which states:
I understand that this file is being provided to me for my own use and for projects that do not include training a ...
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Is the writer or artist liable for a copyright violation?
Suppose a writer hires an artist to paint some illustrations for a children's book. The writer then self-publishes the book. Later, it is revealed that the artist stole all of the illustrations and ...
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Why do some license agreements ask for the signee's date of birth?
E.g. I see that the Llama 3.1 Community License Agreement asks for the signee's date of birth. Why do some license agreements ask for the signee's date of birth?
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FDA regulation of end user non-medical software
Does the FDA have any regulations limiting the installation of non medical software by an end user on to an approved regulated medical device?
This is in relation to https://law.stackexchange.com/a/...
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Can a video game developer restrict how people stream game content?
I've recently come across this page published by the developers of the game Tsukihime. These "guidelines" state the following:
Please be sure to follow the provisions listed below when ...
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P.I. License requirement?
Regarding the drone search and rescue industry in the southern California area. Specifically, using thermal drones to look for lost dogs. I stumbled upon a website https://www.missinganimalresponse....
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What determines (commercial) "use" for e-book or online blog?
I've been trying to understand the parameters of what defines "use" of an e-book or a blog. I'm specifically considering the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC license.
Some uses are simple: you can'...
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Why is a license necessary to design a microarchitecture for the arm family of instruction set architectures?
In order to design a microarchitecture that uses the ARM instruction set architecture (ISA), one has to buy an "architectural license".[1]
However, I don't understand by what mechanism ARM ...
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Do creative commons licenses forbid immoral use?
Looking at Pixabay's license summary, I like this:
You cannot use Content in any immoral or illegal way, especially Content which features recognisable people.
Similarly, on Pixabay's terms of ...
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Can use figures from software documentation licensed under Apache2 in a conference paper?
I'm writing a paper that will be published in a conference. It is a technical paper, and I am discussing my use of a software framework licensed under Apache 2.0. Their documentation has an image I ...
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What is the impact of the reasoning in the dismissal of X v Bright Data that prevents content hosts from prohibiting the scraping of content?
The US District Court in the Northern District of California recently dismissed X Corp. v Bright Data Ltd. (order, article).
I'm most interested in the second part, the claims based on scraping and ...
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Do I need to pay Performance Royalties at a wedding?
As mentioned in this question, one must obtain a statutory or compulsory license to perform music in a public setting.
By extension, this should mean that one must obtain a license to sing at a ...
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Is there an open source software license restricting AI model training?
I have a whole bunch of public git repositories online, licensed under MIT, and I'm wondering what options are there to restrict open source software use for AI model training with a commercial intent....
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Can a website that hosts Public Domain images forbid commercial use of such images
I notice that Wikimedia Commons hosts many images clearly in the public domain (published before 1929 in the US) that have been uploaded from Worthpoint.com. WorthPoint's Terms of Use forbid ...
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Can titles of published papers be used for commercial purposes?
Let's say I want to sell t-shirts, and I want to include the title of famous scientific papers. I am also considering adding some other visuals to the shirt; in some cases let's say I would consider ...
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Why are software licenses required to access a piece of software?
According to the GTA 4 EULA:
LICENSE. Subject to this Agreement and its terms and conditions, Licensor hereby grants you the nonexclusive, non-transferable, limited right and license to use one copy ...
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Why does Creative Commons explictly state they're not a law firm?
When I read Creative Commons licenses, I noticed that they always clearly state that they (Creative Commons) are not a law firm, the public licenses are distributed as-is without any liability and ...
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How does GNU/GPL apply to internal applications? [closed]
I'm writing an internal application for my company. I'd like to use a package released on a GNU/GPL license. Due to internal nature of the application I am obviously free to present its source code to ...
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is there (yet) a standard, simple license header that prohibits machine learning?
Is there an SPDX or other widely accepted license header syntax/format that prohibits machine learning?
My company's Github license statement includes:
"Licensee is not granted the right to, and ...
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Can I publish my invention online under a license?
Say I have an invention (an electronics project or something alike) and I want to publish it, its way of working and my process of creating it online for others to be able to recreate it for ...
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Can I sneak around my copyleft obligations with adhesion contracts?
Some licenses, like the GPL, mandate that I license derivative works under the same license and not a more restrictive license. I believe this is called "copyleft".
But say I want to have ...
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Can I impose licensing terms on the content that users create or transmit using my program?
This comment about email client monoculture made me wonder if what the poster is describing is possible.
Say I write and distribute a piece of communications software, like Outlook or Trillian or one ...
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Can I send someone an email that they are not licensed to download or copy?
This answer suggests that emails usually come with an implied license to do things like download them to your computer, copy them from your old server to a new replacement server, etc.
What if I sent ...
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Legality of AI vocals from royalty-free music
I'm a fairly new music producer, and one of the inherent problems with it is that it means you have to do all the work yourself: sound design, any vocals, mixing, and mastering. There's quite a few ...
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Can one grant a license for something that is not copyrighted?
Is it possible for someone to license something that is not copyrightable (e.g. too trivial, or no creative work), and is the licensee bound by that license if they use the "licensed" ...
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What happens to my software licenses when I die?
If I die, my computer or phone will pass to my estate, and then to my heirs according to my will.
What happens to the licenses I held that authorized using the software installed on those devices? ...
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Hosting instruction videos for a paid app on youtube
Is it legal to host instruction videos for a paid app on youtube (for free)?
I'm working on a paid web app, and was thinking about uploading videos to youtube, unlisting them and embedding into my web ...
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Consequential damages for copyright infringement?
Many software license agreements (or even terms of sale for physical copies) include prohibitions on reverse engineering as a condition. If I legitimately purchase and install and use the software, I ...
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Can I legally bypass software when their data is freely available? [closed]
I have built an app on top of an existing ancient software application. That ancient application exists of two parts; a software application and some actual hardware that provides specific sensor data ...
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Publish a vocabulary list from a Korean Comic
I'm learning Korean through comics. So everytime I read a chapter, I always make an extensive vocabulary list containing an English translation for each Korean word in that chapter.
My question is: ...
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Are "Plex servers" as they seem to be commonly used actually illegal?
There's a piece of software called "Plex" that basically lets you operate your own private streaming service. You load it up with music and video files, and then you can connect to it from ...
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Is it possible to have a CC-SA turn into a CC-ND
I'm trying to license images in a way that allows the original image to be modified, but then not being able to make second derivative based off the original derivative
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Does acknowledging derivative works reduce the ability for a license-holder to seek legal remedy?
Suppose Alice owns an IP for Aliceland. Without Alice's permission, Bob creates an Aliceland fanfiction, Bobland. I'll take it for granted that this is a derivative work, in violation of Alice's ...
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is it legal to monetize a translation of a foreign song
Suppose I find a copyright-protected song that has not been released in English. Could I release and monetize an English translation/interpretation of this song?
Is it possible to copyright my ...
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Does a Creative Commons license permit tracing of a licensed artwork if derivatives are permitted?
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If an artist releases their artwork under a Creative Commons license, they have the option to permit a user of the work to create derivatives of said work. Assuming the artist uses the ...
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Can copyright license revocation be retroactive?
Say I have made a great piece of art that people want to print and sell posters of, and also that I really, really hate Steve.
Can I write a license to print and sell posters of my art where, if you ...
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Does the end user need a license for embedded software? Or just the manufacturer?
According to this answer, legal responsibility for operations performed via computer isn't as simple as always attaching to the owner of the computer or to the person who hit the button. It attaches ...
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Do I need a license to sell food from a non-food storefront?
To simplify the discussion, let's say I have a brick and mortar store, like Bath and Body Works. For those unfamiliar, they sell goods like soaps and perfumes.
If I wanted to put a tray of brownies ...
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Is the GNU GPL v3 patent license grant valid in space?
The GNU General Public License v3.0 includes a patent license grant (emphasis added):
... Each contributor grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free patent license under the contributor's ...
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Does incorporation of open-source (GPL-licenced) software by freelancers violate Upwork T&C?
Some widely used open-source software is distributed under restrictive licences: for instance, the R language uses GPL v.2/v.3. This and other copyleft licences impose several obligations, such as the ...
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What stops stolen software from offering a valid license?
A common pattern in software distribution is to have an installer program that pops up and offers the user a license to the software, and prompts the user to accept it. This End User License Agreement ...
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Would a user of the Stack Exchange API be liable for re-publishing copyright infringing data?
Data obtained from the Stack Exchange API is cc-wiki licensed.
This license explicitly encourages the user of the API to copy, redistribute, remix and transform the data obtained from the API for any ...
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Faked GPL license
Lots of software is licensed under the GPL license. It is very well known and well understood. Like most legal documents the license is itself copyrighted, and while the license can be freely copied ...
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Driver’s License loss [closed]
My bank kept my TX driver’s license by accident. Before I had a chance to pick it up, they threw it away. Their excuse was that they didn’t think I was coming back to pick it up.
I am a customer of ...
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Is Zero-Clause BSD legally binding?
Unilateral promises themselves are not legally binding, and donations do not constitute a valid contract, as these lack consideration (or "causa," a related concept in civil law). It's also ...
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