Hi I have lots of plugins and each has it's own license at the top and they can be a bit on the long side. I am trying to minifiy and compress everything to get the smallest sizes possible but these licenses can add quite a bit of KB. So I am wondering if I can just remove them or maybe just link to the file instead since I understand ...
Hello, I am planning to write and distribute a pac-man like game. So I would like to know if It is still protected by copyright. Can I use the word pacman in the title ? What are the limits that I will have ? PS. I can conclude from the first answers that I can't use the name and may be a very similar art work. If I keep that in mind,...
I'm looking to port the code of a GPL-licensed library from C to Java. I don't hold the copyright of the original code. Will I own the copyright on the new code? Will I be able to license it as I choose? ...
Does anyone have any thoughts on how much to charge for release copyright on an iPhone app I'm building for a client? I have a reasonable idea of how much I should charge for the app development, but I never release copyright on anything I do for clients. Thanks! ...
I have been working on a project in my personal time that has nothing at all to do with my main job. I work on it after work, on the trolley to work, and on the trolley from work. I store all my source code in my own personal repository on my personal server in my apartment. While at work, I use the same computer which I purchased to do...
I'm starting a new open source project (which will probably be released under the Apache license) and I've seen it recommended that copyright headers are placed at the top of source files, e.g.: /* Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] Licensed under the ... license, etc... */ This makes a lot of sense, however I'm unclear about...
I'm going to create a mashup web-application and I guess some mashup sources won't be glad I use their data (although links to sources will be provided). What are the general formal/informal rules of such applications creating? ...
I would like to know if it is legal to use external article on my website? I think that if I reference the author it should be OK, but I don't know where to find information about this. Any help would be very much appreciated. ...
I'm wondering what is the easiest way to protect the software I write. I'm developing a software package to sell, but don't want people to be able to just install it and use it without paying. The applications are written using C# incase there is any particularly easy way to do this with the .Net framework. I'm asking more as an in...
If I have a website which implements a number of open source licensed libraries (For example, jQuery, jQuery UI, along with half a dozen plugins), is it OK to take the copyright notice out of the JavaScript source files, and place it on it's own web page for all to view? It means that I am still attributing the developers, but I also sa...
I have an open source project, licensed under the Apache license 2.0. In the appendix of this document, Apache explains how to apply the license to your code. Among other things, it says to include the year in each source file. When creating a new file, I put in the current year. But when should I update the year? Never? When I change...
I know that softwares can be copyrighted, and then you cannot copy them (as in copy the source), so you need to buy them. For example - Microsoft Visual Studio is a copyrighted IDE. But, that doesn't make C++, for example copyrighted. So, Microsoft does not own C++. Anybody can a) use C++, b) write compilers for C++, and c) sell applica...
Are icons from http://iconfinder.com/ free to use? ...
Every software I have seen, contain copyright statement at the beginning of a file and takes pretty much lines of comment. Therefore you have to scroll down to see the code, which is a bit annoying, especially when code itself is very short. I think that it would be nicer to keep copyright statement at the bottom of a file and join all ...
Hi , I want to remake an old arcade game, it has been published over the years with many different versions and actually there are about 500 versions of this game on iphone store alone. However i have been asked by partners to check the legal side of using the game idea in our game , where and how can i check weather the game is copyri...
I have a commercial web application and just found a great JavaScript library I'd like to use. This library is licensed under Apache v2. How do I properly (and legally) use the library in my public web application? Since I like to achieve as much performance as possible in my web application, can I do the following: Can I remove the ...
Hi, I was just wondering - is it possible to detect, with either .net, SilverLight, Flash or some other plugin, whether or not Snipping Tool is open, or detect when the user opens it (after the page has loaded)? Also is it possible to detect when print screen is pressed even if another window is active? Thanks in advance. Regards, Ri...
Hello. I'm underage and I'm developing iPhone apps in Canada. I use my parent's Apple ID for the Developer account since you need to be over 19 to have one (Developer part, not Apple ID). I'm wondering if I can have it be under my name on the App Store, and also how I would copyright it. Could it be copyrighted by my Dad, and still have ...
This might not be a coding question, but very relevant to coding so I hoped I would get an answer here. All coders, maybe specially designer. Use others code in there own code. If you see something you like. you use that code in your design. In some degree, I'm sure every coder does this. So I was wondering where the line goes. Can you...
hello What would be copyright if the following took place: f2c program.f > program.c where fortran program is automatic converted to C program. in general, what is the copyright of automatically converted programs? I am not looking for legal advice, just curious ...