• andobando@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It seems like Jerboa uses GPLv3 as well, as does Bitwarden and some other open source apps. Its probably ok though it seems like it can run into trouble way down the line. Im going to keep the GPLv3 for now.

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      1 year ago

      It seems that the lemmy-js-client library you are using is licensed under AGPLv3. So I’m not sure if you are allowed to use it with your current license. You might have to make your project AGPLv3 too.

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          1 year ago

          AGPL is a Copyleft license, so how can it be possible to use such library in an Apache licensed program? Isn’t the whole idea of Copyleft to make that impossible? To make sure that nobody can take away users freedoms?

          I think what they meant on gnu.org is that you can use Apache licensed code in a GPL licensed program.

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            The combination of an Apache-licensed program and AGPLv3-licensed library is covered by both licenses, meaning that both need to be followed. This does not change the license of the program itself - the library could be replaced. Somebody could take away the users’ freedoms, but they would need to replace the library.