What is a GPL 2 license?
Among today’s more popular OSS licenses is the GNU (of the GNU Project) General Public License Version 2.0, commonly referred to as simply GPL v2. Initially released in 1991, the GPL 2 is a copyleft license, meaning users must abide by some strict rules and requirements.
Is MIT compatible with GPL 2?
This is a lax, permissive non-copyleft free software license, compatible with the GNU GPL. Some people call this license “the MIT License,” but that term is misleading, since MIT has used many licenses for software. It is a lax, permissive non-copyleft free software license, compatible with the GNU GPL.
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.
Can you dual license under the MIT or GPL?
Reading eg this file, the author writes ” Dual licensed under the MIT or GPL Version 2 licenses “. So yes, you can choose which one of those licences you receive it under, and once you have done so, you need not worry about the requirements of the one you didn’t choose.
Which is the best definition of dual licensing?
Dual licensing usually refers to licensing software under both a proprietary license and an open source license, typically the GPL.
Can you combine GPL code with MIT code?
If you distribute a combined work that combines GPL and MIT code (except in some particular situations, e.g. ‘mere aggregation’), that distribution must be compliant with the GPL. You can include MIT licensed code in a GPL product.
Which is more restrictive, the MIT or the GPL?
For a software-user the MIT might result in software that is more restricted than the one available under GPL even some call the GPL more restrictive nowadays. That user in specific will call the MIT more restrictive. It’s just subjective to say so and different people will give you different answers to that.