https://remixware.com/tags/explainers/ Recent content in Explainers on remixware.com Hugo en-us Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://remixware.com/copied-code-brings-its-licence-along-what-open-source-licences-ask-of-you/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://remixware.com/copied-code-brings-its-licence-along-what-open-source-licences-ask-of-you/ <p>Open source code is free to use, and it comes with conditions. Every open source project comes with a licence, and the licence is the deal: you may copy, change and share this code, as long as you do certain things in return. Those things are usually small. Sometimes they&rsquo;re large enough to decide how you can ship your whole product.</p> <p>The conditions travel with the code. When a function moves from a library into your project, however it got there, its licence comes with it, even if the licence text stays behind. Here&rsquo;s what the common licences ask, from the least to the most.</p>