Hello, i´have read the Ms-PL under the Homepage of Unity, but its not clear for me what i need to do, when i use Unity in my commercial programm? I only use the binary files and i want to distribute them along with my programm. Do i have to provide a license-file anywhere? Do i have to tell anywhere in my programm that i´m using Unit...
Note: I don't have any awesome project that I'm intending to monetize, this is just something I'm thinking about What models are there for making profit from developing GPLed software? I've read around a bit and I realize that: You can charge whatever fee you want for distributing it When someone buys it from you, he can also (re...
Hello all i like to use some Java libs that have Apache Software License 2.0 i do not want to modify them at all just use them . this is commercial application . do i need to open source my application ? what are the restrictions with this license is it like LGPL ? Thanks p.s I did read the Apache Software License PAQ , but it was ...
Have you ever purchased a Flash Player License for commercial applications? Could you tell me more about procedures, prices, etc.? ...
Is Java a good choice for a program that: keeps track of checking, savings, money market, credit cards, and does budgeting Has a SQL database back-end After testing by friends and family, feedback, and improvements, may be marketed for sale one day ...? ...
First bit of the question: What are the legal requirements of LGPL code during the deployment of a commercial product? Software package should include LGPL licence file Anything else? Shall we add a line to our "software agreement text" where you need to click next in the installer ? Second bit, Is there any known / accepted ways of...
Hi, I want to use the CSV library provided by filehelpers: http://filehelpers.sourceforge.net/ I will be making my own bulk CSV import/export library specific to my app which utilizes these classes. Now Filehelpers states it can be used with commercial applications, however if I myself am building on filehelpers to build an import/exp...
Hi, just want to ask if there is a free commercial license of FCKeditor? older version maybe? I just need a simple web text editor. Any suggestion?? Thank you. ...
Does anybody have first-hand experience as to what happens to source code from old/defunct products? Especially from those companies no longer in existence. As a specific example for illustrative purposes, a company I worked for 15+ years ago developed an in-house Pascal compiler. That company is no longer in existence, and the produc...
Hello, The other day I came across Jaiku, which is a well structured microblogging system open sourced by Google. It surprised me I had never heard about this, so I was wondering what other open source alternatives exist for mainstream websites? I am not asking about forums, eCommerce, wiki's, CMS's, etc, where the market leaders are...
I'm developing some web-based software. However, commercial launch, as far as I can tell, will require distribution of the PHP code. How can I prevent this code from being pirated? ...
This is very similar to other questions, but none of the other ones quite answer it, so please read through fully before shouting at me :) (See e.g. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1394623/can-i-dynamically-call-a-lgpl-gpl-software-in-my-closed-source-application) I have written a closed source, commercial application. The applicat...
Hi, We currently use Joomla or Silverstripe for our CMS websites. The time has come where we need to expand and adopt a more commercial CMS (whitelabel) which is easy to customise, create templates, expand, has a lot of powerful feature and is also easy to use for a client. Before I start to research I thought id seek your knowledge/ex...
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I am developing a commercial Silverlight application with the new Bing Maps control (Version 1.0), and so far I have not been able to find any answers on how to associate transactions with my Bing Maps developer account. I know the control is not free to use for commercial purposes, so there must be a way for me to give it a Bing Maps to...
Hello, We develop a web app in postgreSQL. For our blog which runs on the business web site, we want to run it on wordpress. Are we able to install the free version of mySQL and run the blog with it or do we require a commercial licence? Our web-app has nothing to do with mySQL. Thanks ...
I look at a lot of open source solutions and commercial solutions. I was wondering what the legal nature of this is like. Are lot of commercial solutions out there using open source solution's code , and wrapping it up in their rephrased code ? Kinda like linking to the open source library and writing something. How much of a commercia...
For instance my close source and commercial application creates a movie file. Can this application with a command line launch an executable GPL viewer ? Can I freely distribute this unmodified GPL executable with my application ? Do I have to add the unmodified GPL source code of this GPL viewer to my distribution ? thanks ...
I'm willing to buy tools if they add genuine value over a FOSS equivalent. One thing I wouldn't mind having is an editor with the power of Emacs, but made more user-friendly. There seem to be several commercial editors out there, but I can't find much discussion of them online. Maybe it's because the kind of people who use commercial sof...
If you are doing a one off piece of work as a consultant, for which the client receives only binaries, can you use gpl3 software ? You are working on behalf of the client and not distributing it. From a standard gpl FAQ: Q: I am an OXID partner/reseller/consultant and I occasionally do one-time OXID eShop Community Edition customizatio...