I've seen quiet a few questions about licensing on SO (and asked one myself, yes) and most of them seem to be closed as off-topic or at least frowned about. So my question is, are they off-topic?

The FAQ states:

... matters that are unique to the programming profession ...

As it seems, software licensing seems to be pretty unique to the programming profession...but two other points arise as I think about it:

• It's a legal question most of the time, but we (at least most of us) are no lawyers.
• It yields the potential to be subjective, or at least can't be answered 100% clinical.

So, do I need to close my question as off-topic?

I've seen quite a few questions about licensing on SO (and asked one myself, yes) and most of them seem to be closed as off-topic or at least frowned upon. So my question is, are they off-topic?

The FAQ states:

... matters that are unique to the programming profession ...

As it seems, software licensing seems to be pretty unique to the programming profession... but two other points arise as I think about it:

• They're legal questions most of the time, but we — at least most of us — are not lawyers.
• They have the potential to be subjective, or at least not 100% answerable.

So, do I need to close my question as off-topic?