Confirm the license version
PeterDaveHello opened this issue · comments
Hi there,
May I know the version of GPL you are using? I think it's as important as a license, many thanks!
I'm also trying to figure this out, as I wanted to use the code in a product I'm working on, but my understanding is that the GPL may not allow it to be used if there is profit involved.
What about MIT or LGPL?
From what I've seen, MIT is always allowed to be used for any purpose so long as the license is included. I am not very familiar with GPL though.
Edit: From what I see here, it looks like you can use code, under a GPL license, commercially as long as you also open source the code. In some cases as mentioned below, you may not have to do that though. I'll throw in a quoted answer from that link:
GPL Required you to release source code for your distribution (In case of Full GPL but not lesser-GPL which is much more common in libraries)
But do not mix up with the following concepts.
You can still distribute any work for a fee thus making profit. (As long as you ship the binary with the source code)
You don't have to provide source code, if you don't ship/distribute any binaries, in case of SaaS (Software as a Service)"
In the case with easy-pie-chart, I don't know what is intended by the author or what would be considered appropriate use, so that's why I'm also curious which version of the GPL applies.
This is a good question.
I see the Repo with MIT license but scrolled to the bottom, I see MIT & GPL dual licenses... which one can I use?