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Can I use GPL code?
GPL (the GNU General Public License) In general terms, if you use GPL-licensed code in your program that you wish to distribute to others, then you must also license your program under the GPL.
Can I use GPLv3?
Although legally you can put a GPLv3 as the exclusive license on commercial code, you’d are not going to be able to monetize the code, since you have commoditized it.
Can I change gnu license for commercial?
ANSWER: You can if you want to. You don’t have to. You could modify it, but when you distribute your application you are obliged to make your source available and also the source for the modifications you made to the library.
Can you use a GPL library in a no-GPL application?
No, you can’t. If the library is GPL you can’t ship it with you no-GPL application. But you can still make you application GPL, bacause you don’t need to “open source” your software. You can still sell your software as long as everyone who buys it can access the source code.
Can a GPL code be used in a commercial?
ANSWER: You can if you want to. If your application is not distributed with the GPL code and you make users download it separately to make use of it, then your case is a little bit more special and might provoke some argument, but the same principle will most likely ultimately apply: you must make your source available.
Can a GPL program violate a proprietary license?
GPL program is infecting and infected the parent and the child non GPL process (proprietary and even other open source license) from the perspective of law. Infecting means derived program violate GPL, infected means GPL program violate its own license.
Can a module be released under the GPL?
The GPL says that the whole combined program has to be released under the GPL. So your module has to be available for use under the GPL. But you can give additional permission for the use of your code. You can, if you wish, release your module under a license which is more lax than the GPL but compatible with the GPL.