I am looking to provide some logging support for a closed source commercial application. I have been using log4net for non-distributed projects and am very happy with it. I have googled a bit and actually read (or at least attempted to) the apache log4net license. But lacking a knack for legal-speak I just don't quite get what the rul...
The company I work for develop and sell a proprietary, closed-source software application. Our application uses third party open-source projects licensed under open source licenses such as GPL and LGPL. For instance, we use Hibernate as an ORM. Sometimes we modify and build upon these third party projects. What is required of us to not...
Consider following steps: 0) Release open source Mock Program and Mock Plugin which communicate by certain interface (I), exchanging complex data structures, sharing memory and calling each other. Apply all-permissive license to it. 1) Release Plugin designed for working with any program in the way defined by interface (I). This plugin...
Is it necessary to have a commercial license for MySQL in order to use it legally in a project which is not open source? Does it matter if the application is hosted and the binaries are never distributed? The more I learn about open source licenses the more confused I become. ...
I'm working on a closed source (for now) project that I'd like to write a wiki and ticket system about. Trac has a well-integrated wiki and bug/issue-tracking system, and has good integration with Subversion. Webfaction offers Subversion, Trac and a whole lot of programmer-friendly options in a web host. So I'm seriously thinking of usin...
For quite some time now it has been argued that open-source, or some close derivative of open-source is the fastest way to improve upon an application. However, I have not really taken the time to think through closed-source, and the advantages of a closed development process and codebase. I suppose some of these advantages could also be...
I'm developing several closed source applications for Mac OS X and Windows. I'm considering adding Linux to the list of supported platforms. These applications manage content on a web site and manage and monitor the servers that host the content. For each application, there is a web based XHTML front end as well as rich GUI front ends f...
We have a project that needs to remain closed-source, but will need to be distributed to software developers who need access to the source code in order to build another project, that happens to be open-source. Is there a simple license that should be used here that basically restricts the use of the software with the exception of for t...
Duplicate Is there a free version control server provider for non-public projects? Can you recommend a SVN, closed-source project hosting site? I know there are already a lot of posts on this subject, but I'm looking for 1 provider in particular. A while ago, I stumbled upon a site, providing completely free (no pricing de...
In reference to this question and that Qt is Qt GNU LGPL v. 2.1 , would it be correct to say/simplify: Yes you can, but if you "enhance" the the Qt API you must publish it also? ...
Hello, This question has been asked multiple times I know. From what I understand, broadly speaking, if I include a GPL module in my app, I have to also release my app's source code for free. Now if the module is a java app (which I have modified) and included in my own java app, and say I use it as an applet on my website, do I need t...
Is it allowed to use ideas from open source in closed source software? I've met people who say to not even look at open source (GPL and LGPL were mentioned) if you write closed source software. ...
Does anyone know a commonly used closed source license that allows non-commercial use of a library? I would like to provide a free (as in beer) version of the library but I don't want to release source code and I don't want people to make money with it without my permission. The reason for not giving away the source code is because I do...
Is there a list of what I can and cannot do in my code using the Qt framework under the LGPL license and keep my source code closed? For instance, can I subclass Qt classes like QWidget, etc.? Thanks! ...
I do software development but I don't work at a software company and we don't have anyone here that's setup any kind of version control server, or ticketing system or something like that. Most everything I know I've learned from documentation and sites like this. I'd like to have some more advanced tracking systems like a bug ticketing ...
What are some methods I can use to ship a closed-source application for linux? At the moment the application links against a few libraries (WxWidgets, GraphcisMagic, Crypto++, etc). Statically link everything to a single executable? Include the Libraries in a package? Ship the Dynamically Linked executable (and have the user get t...
I realize that responses will fall under the "I am not a lawyer" scope, and I do intend to talk to one. But first, I wanted to get some input about the basic proposal. If I port a GPL theme -- say a WordPress theme -- that is both free as in speech AND free as in beer to a proprietary application like ExpressionEngine, I assume that the...
Hey there, Under what license agreement should you release software under if it's closed-source and for commercial use only? Are there multiple license types? (such with open source you have BSD, GNU/GPL etc..) If so, which one do I choose, and are there samples out there to get you started? I have heard the term and seen documents na...
If I have a open source software library covered by LGPL, can I use it in a closed source commercial application? ...
I've spent about a day looking through all of these confusing legal looking things, and I hate the obscure language that these lawyers use, frankly. This software is provided "as is". If you actually think about it, that makes no sense whatsoever. If the software is being provided, then it's obviously being provided in one state or anoth...