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Using images licensed under GNU?

Can we use images/emoticons published under GPL license in our commercial online app? If we do that, are we liable to publish app under GPL? Regards, Jack
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GPL licensing of a GPL licensed product with a commersial version

There is a product A that is developed by X-Corpoation and is provided as both Community Edition and Commercial Edition. Community Edition is licensed under GPL v1. A Y-Corporation, my startup, wants ...
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Business model for a GPLed software product

I have a working prototype of a Mercurial repository browser/management tool for Windows and I'm thinking in creating a potential business out of it. While developing this, I looked a lot inside ...
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What are my obligations If I want to use a GPL-3.0 licensed JavaScript library on my site?

I don't want to modify it, and the script itself has URLs to their site in the header. They have a commercial version for sale, but I want to know when I should pay for it. Here's the GPL-3.0 license. ...
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is automation of a GPL software allowed

if there is a batch software released under the GPL, can I create a services that calls that batch and uses it's output?I do not go into the source code of the program, I just call the batch file
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SaaS vs local distribution and GPL implications

Let's say our theoretical company has a SaaS product for which we charge $xx per month. The product is entirely web based and the backend includes GPL code. As I understand it, since our product is ...
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Can I offer hosted service of an AGPL licensed app?

We've been thinking of offering hosted/managed service of SugarCRM to our client. The community edition is licensed under Affero GPL. My questions, with this license in place, can we: Offer the ...
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Can GNU GPL licensed code not be used to develop proprietary software for commercial purposes?

my understanding of GPL is that its a viral license meaning any code that derives or builds upon GPL code must itself be licensed under GPL. However, does this mean I cannot develop proprietary ...
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Under GPL, can I legally put my own logo & copyright, considering that I have made significant changes?

I've been running a software startup for the last year - basically the business model is that I customize the software products released under GPL for my end customers. These customizations are quite ...