I intend to sell a closed source software that depends on PostgreSQL (BSD-style license). Can I bundle PostgreSQL server in the package and install it with my software? Would it be also possible if I was using MySQL (GPL)? ...
I just found some nice open-source code at The Code Project and it's attached with the BSD License. Well, the article states in the end that the code is licensed under the BSD License. But none of the source code files had any reference to the license, they have some copyright text though. The download also didn't come with some kind of ...
Let's say I'm doing this application where I include some class I found on the web with the BSD License attached. I know that this license allows me to modify the code and I have the need for it. Now, the BSD license states the year and the copyright holder name, let's say we are talking about some piece of code written by John Doe. 1)...
What is the difference between licensing a program under the MIT license (or the BSD one) and putting it in the public domain? ...
So I found some code (a PHP class) that almost does what I want it to do. At the top is a phpdoc block with info about the original author and the license being New BSD License. I want to respect the original author, so what can/should I do if I want to change some of the original code? Sorry if this is a stupid question. ...
I have a Ruby on Rails application, and now I would like to add blog into it. Just a simple blog with basic features and single author. What are the possible solutions? I need to use my authorization system (I used authlogic for my app) Since I am developing for a customer, I need MIT/BSD licence. I would prefer lightweight solution. ...
I love the GPL as much as the next guy, but it should help to share code, not prevent to do it. I am currently in a situation where I have to provide a python free from GNU readline, which is GPL, otherwise it would turn all my python GPL, something I don't want (I'm going BSD here). I tried to look around for both mac and linux. On mac...
I'm looking to do some testing of loan calculations on the Mac. I know what an amortization schedule is, and yes, I know how to convert an algorithm into code, but I'm don't want to worry about screwing up the rounding, or reinventing the wheel. Are there any Open Source C or Objective-C libraries that handle such calculations? I know...
(This is a follow up question to my question about combining GPLv3, Ms-PL and BSD licenses). I have a piece of software I would like to release under the GPLv3, however it requires two other pieces of code - one which is Ms-PL (Microsoft Public License) licensed and one that is BSD licensed. Is it possible to distribute the code under ...
I significantly modified some BSD licensed code. Can I add myself as the author to the Copyright statement list under the 'redistribution clause'? ...
Software or real people can technically copy a BSD software, install it and sell it. What are technical and licence advantages and disadvantages compared to taking Linux or other 1003.1 and delivering or selling it? Which license is most flexible for instance when selling or delivering a computer BSD licence seems more flexible than Lin...
I'm not exactly sure that stackoverflow is the right *overflow to post to concerning this, but w/e. Just don't flame me. If i took a file with a BSD-style license (or MIT/X11, or ISC, or NCSA, etc.) and i modified/refactored/incorporated it into my own project, what is the procedure for distinguishing my vs. another copyright. I've re...
Looking for parsers (in C#) for a bunch of formats. (PHP, ASP, some XML based formats, HTML,...pretty much anything I can get my hands on.) So far we have: HTML: * Majestic-12 * Html Agility Pack I am having a hard time believing that these are the only free parsers for c# in existence, so I am adding a bounty to the question. For...
BSD license says: Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with th...
There are couple of abandoned .NET project which released ZIPs of source code that I would like to do some maintainance work on, and make my own additions. These were simply distributed as ZIPs and weren't hosted on a site like sourceforge. One example is mentalis security tools) What I'd like to do it to take the code and make some of...
I have a project I am working on, which links to: Qt Qt Solutions' QtSingleApplication Botan I have a license dialog in my application, which shows the licenses for the application itself and everything it links to. I have a couple questions regarding the distribution process. Do I have to present the licenses in the installation p...
I am creating a piece of FOSS to handle all the extra buttons ony my keyboard (through g15daemon). As part of this, I wish to create a daemon to handle parsing events. I am planning on using the Qt Service solution provided by Qt. My question is: should these files be included with the project or handled seperately? Since the Qt-Servic...
Hi, I need to reuse a BSD license component in my product. Once the product is developed I am going to redistribute that to several users with this component embedded with my product (I am using it as a library). Does this allowed in BSD license? Regards, Dilshan ...