My apologies if this question has been asked. I have made a bug fix in a small python library. This particular library is licensed under GPL but the development of it seems to be dead and abandoned (very low activity on their tracker, to which I have attached my patch). I'm developing a python application which uses this library. What ...
I'm trying to find a proxy PHP script that I can use to display a website, but also allow users to click on links continuing to use the proxy. Almost every one I have found that works is covered by the GPL license. I've looked into creating my own proxy, however I can't find a way to have the links on the page continue to use the proxy,...
Can use extJS for an business application for free of cost? ...
Hi, All, My company developed an enterprise data processing software framework. To drive adoption, we are thinking about putting the software under GPL so people can try it for free and maybe buy the commercial version of it. My question is that since GPL is viral, do companies actually find it permissable to use GPL'ed software libr...
I want to use a GPL component in an iPhone application which is not. It's an independent and standalone component, so on any other platform, I would compile it as a program and spawn it with some arguments when I need it. But if I want to publish my app on the Appstore, I must comply with this section of the iPhone SDK: 3.3.2 An App...
I started working on a project for data analysis. It is becoming quite powerful and I am interested in making it available for sale. However, one of the many components of the analysis process includes the use of R. R has a GPL License (not LGPL). What are the best options for making the system available for sale? I have considered ...
I was looking for free dictionary data in my local language to use in a proprietary application that I'm working on, I found such data but in a GPL 3 licensed program on SourceForge, the data is available in XML files that is distributed along with the program. Generally I know how to deal with apps and libraries covered by GPL... but da...
Hi, I am considering using libavcodec in my project, I know it is under LGPL license, but I don't quite understand about licenses. My project is not a open source projcet, and I don't change the code in libavcodec. I can only use link method to use libavcodec. With these conditions, I would like to ask : Can I use libavcodec in my p...
I am looking for a rather basic command-line parser class/library for C#. All I really need it for is opening passed files, and it is not something I really feel like writing, considering it is such a small part of a much larger project that is GPL, anyways. I've seen a bunch of stuff on Code Project, but they all either have no licens...
Does the LGPL ensure that programs that rely on my code admit it? I read on Zed's blog something to that effect. (Link, section "I don't want to be ignored again"). Is it true? ...
I want to use a tool (ffmpeg) that is under GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 for some components. To do so, I only call it in my software as such: System.Diagnostics.Process p = new System.Diagnostics.Process(); p.StartInfo = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo("lgplSoftware....
Hi, I wrote an software which I would like to release on BSD license. Unfortunately I am linking to library which is based on GPL. Right now I do not have time to rewrite that library. Can I release my software on GPL and later after rewriting GPL library change license to BSD? (I would guess not). My question is: how can I release s...
I am evaluating the prospect of developing a commercial java web application using Hibernate as the ORM framework. This application would be installed on a customer's server and would be used by a small number of users. Also I do not want to release my source code since the application is mission critical and it would potentially jeopa...
I want to use one rich text editor to one of my ASP page.I searched in internet and found that there are lot of open source items available like TinyMCE,FCK Editror,nice edit etc.. Can i put the same samples in my website.There is a GNU license associated with it.Can somebody interpret it for me to answer these questions 1 . Can i use ...
Hi I'm making an LGPL distribution of FFmpeg. I'm going to distribute the executable with a zip containing the full source code of FFmpeg that I used when compiling the executable. some files in the FFmpeg source code are under a GPL license, can and/or should I include these files in the zip? (just to be clear, my executable is not co...
In an answer to a question about the GPL, David wrote, If your CMS is something that others might want to build on, you can dual-license it. In this case, you want to release under the GPL or similar to prevent somebody else from taking the F/OS code and taking it proprietary. Some companies have done very well doing th...
I know how to do this but I don't know is the StyleCop method true/working. Normally in StyleCop rules you must add this thing like this example to header (need to edit): //----------------------------------------------------------------------- // <copyright file="Widget.cs" company="Sprocket Enterprises"> // Copyright (c) Sprocket ...
Does GPL require to open source the (commercial) web application? Please, give the expanded answer, not just "Yes"/"No" but why. ...
If I use GPL software in my internal/closed source app do I have to make the source publicly available? say on the Internet? ...
I have to create an application which transfers data from a local workstation into a remote MySQL database. Unfortunatly my boss doesn't want to pay for a commercial license, because it's not a critical application and we wouldn't make any money of it, but still he doesn't want to put the full source under GPL. (Please don't comment on...