I am not a license expert; however, after a lot of research, I am still struggling to answer the following questions and would like to know if my assumptions are right! Is it legal to include gsdll32.dll and redmonnt.dll in a commercial product? Should I release any source code of the commercial app where I am using this library? Is th...
I am looking to use 'Packet Loss Concealment' to conceal lost PCM frames in an audio stream. Unfortunately, I cannot find a library that is accessible without all the licensing restrictions and code bloat (...up for some suggestions though). I have located some GPL code written by Steve Underwood for the Asterisk project which implemen...
I am trying to embed a Javascript engine into my application. But the license for Mozilla Javascript engine is GNU/GPL/MPL based and I don't have the time and energy to digest the cryptic legal document. In short, does the license mean I need to publish my application's source code if I embed the engine into my own appli.? Something I...
I don't know much about the full GPL license other than that it's very restrictive to anyone wanting to use GPL anywhere near closed-source code. How does Apache 2.0 license compare with GPL and other license like LGPL, MIT, etc? ...
I've found a SourceForge project with a solid core that I would like to improve. The project hasn't been updated since 2007 so I assume it is "dead". I sent an e-mail asking to become a contributor to the listed project manager last week but still haven't received a response. The project is licensed under the GNU GPL v2. I would like...
As I understand it GPL says you only have to distribute derivative code for works you distribute, i.e. if you develop internal software you can keep your code private. What happens if you develop a server application, say like Facebook or StackOverflow? The server app is not 'distributed' so what's the situation with your code in this c...
For a project at my company, we need a interpreter. I have two candidates, one licensed under the GPLv2, the other under MIT License (pyMite VM and eLua, respectively). Both will require porting to my target (PowerPC). Is it possible to pull the code in as a library of some sort, and thus avoid having to release code for the entire proj...
I'm trying to decide how I want to license my Wordpress themes to the public. I know that the GPL is recommended to Wordpress theme creators, however I feel it might not be liberal enough for me because I want businesses to be able to use them if they want to. I really like the MIT license, the only thing that gets me is the freedom to s...
Here is the context of this question: I have code that is to be sold for profit, but I wish to make it available/free to individuals and non-profits, as long as their code remains free. When a library is released under the GPL v2, can a company use it internally for free? If they develop software based on it, do they have to release it...
Starting a new project on Google code offers a choice of several licenses: Apache License 2.0 Artistic License/GPL Eclipse Public License GPL v2/v3 Lesser GPL MIT Mozilla License 1.1 New BSD License Which license do you choose, ans why? I'm also interested in opinions which license is the least restrictive license for commercial user...
I want to use a GPL'd library in my C# application, but not necessarily release my own code under the GPL. If I understand correctly linking against a GPL'd library using dynamic linking and not distributing the library in question means I can license my own app in any way I want (the users of my software would then be required to instal...
I am reading here: http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html for http://www.jidesoft.com/products/oss.htm I would like to keep a single JAR file if possible for everything. Thank you Misha p.s. Alternately, is there a good, cross-platform (Windows & Mac) way to deploy multi-jar files without Java Web Start (I need it to run ...
Is there a utility to manage license information? Mostly this would just be a minor convenience, but I'd like to be able to do something like $ licentious -L GPL -s git -m "A utility for managing license information" to create a file named (by default) COPYING in the current directory, using my name and email address as configured in ...
If a piece of software is published with the GNU General Public License does that mean that the source code is available? ...
We've got a dispute with one of my friends. He maintains a commercial public web-service that is written in PHP with closed sources. He claims that he may use any GPL library written in PHP just like any code he had written, without any obligations, attributions or opening code as long as GPL notice in file is intact. My opinion is that...
Hello all. I have a two part question regarding licenses and distribution of a library. Background I started working with a project (let's call it lib-xyz) that initially used a GPL library. The project is a collection of classes and algorithms that are meant to be used as a library. Regarding the usage of the GPL library, only a clas...
What happens if you break an open source license and include a code released under GPL in a closed source project? Can you go to jail? Who will sue you? For what? "Not respecting the will" of those who created the free source code? Is there any support in the jurisdiction (of any state) that would put any punishment to those who do not ...
I'm a bit confused over the Intel Threading Building Blocks commercial vs open source license. The open source version is licensed under GPLv2 with the runtime exception, but what does that imply in plain english? Can it be used in a commercial, closed source application as long as it just links with the unmodified .dlls? ...
If I use Tigase(xmpp server demon) on my server (not distributing it) and build custom plugin(stay within server). Do I have to release my source codes? What if my website have google adsense and If I build some commercial usage plugs for tigase for my own website use. I have no clue how GPL license work for software which we don't distr...
I am the project manager for a Game Development Interest Group at my college and we are currently developing a game that we would like to release for free. The actual source code of the game I would like to license under the GPL (This is because I want any re-distributions or derivative works of our game to also release the source code ...