Are the Oracle ODP.NET libraries redistributable? As in, can I simply include the Oracle.DataAccess.dll with my application & reference it without getting into any legal hot water? The download license for the ODAC on OTN is fairly incomprehesible legalese that doesn't make it clear whether I can or can't include the dll directly. ...
If I am writing non-free software and I want to involve GPL software to some degree, and I am not sure what my legal situation is with respect to whether the GPL allows me to distribute my code, should I ask the programming community what to do? What are the chances that they give me sound legal advice for my country and locale? Should...
For a project I'm working on I need to include some Python modules that come standard with the Python SDK because the platform I am targetting (to be precise, PyS60) does not include these modules. Are there any licensing issues I need to address? Do I need to include the PSF license in my project? My project is licensed under Apache 2....
Hello Sun's virtualbox windows binaries are under 'non-commercial' license so can't be used in any company. But source code is GPL. Is it any resource on the network that has a virtualbox compiled binaries for windows? Added a bounty to see if I can get a little more feedback. ...
What license should I pick on codeplex if I want an open source project? What are the pros and cons on all licenses? ...
Emphasis on structure: Code layout/interfaces Physical file layout etc. Naming of files and classes etc. My understanding is that if the implementation is completly different then your ok to use the layout as that can't really be 'copyrighted'? For example if a solution has X, Y, Z projects with classes arranged in certain fol...
Hello guys, I've several people using the same proprietary software (at the same time, same installation), do I need an end-user license for each one or can I buy a multiple license (which, of course, would be cheaper) ? ...
Is it acceptable to use code from one project with a Mozilla Public License in another project, also with the same license? The code I would like to use is some functions for alpha blending colors/pixels. I could re-write/re-implement the code, but that would require learning assembly. While not a bad thing, I would rather focus on hig...
I was looking through patents authored by Lars Bak, when I realized a lot of them cover components of the the Sun JVM, HotSpot, etc. Now that parts Sun's stack is being released under FLOSS licenses, how does this affect people who are forking or using forks of this open source software? Are they not in violation of Sun's patents? ...
Sometimes you get a real productivity boost from using 3rd party components and/or libraries, where instead of reinventing the wheel you can just get it done quickly and more cost-efficiently. But what about when you're working on a project for your customer (as in freelancing or when running a custom development software shop)? I mean ...
Hi all, I'm working on a commercial project, a small part of this project will be creating reports and writing the report to a PDF. How would you recommend I do this? I'm only aware of open source projects such as itextsharp.sourceforge.net but I'm guessing I can't use this commercially. What are my options? Anyone done this? PS Using ...
What's the best approach to Licensing Custom .NET Components or applications for selling ? Closed Source 2 licensing mode : Trial limited features license (free) Full featured ...
Suppose I use this actioscript API released under MIT license to build a software : http://www.cove.org/ape/docs/api/ (i) Can I sell that software? (ii) Do I need to give the source code of my software away? (iii) Is anyone receiving my software permitted to resell the software? ...
I'm doing some contract work who need the source code for the application I'm writing. For the new files I'm writing for the customer, I'm giving them the copyright. However, there are some utility files (for OS abstractions like threading) I'm using that I've developed on my own (not on the customer's dime). I want to keep the right ...
I am currently modifying a framework which was released to the public domain. Is it ok for me to then release a new framework based on some code from the public domain sourcetree as licensed under Apache ? ...
Yeah, I'm not too happy with the GPL having nothing preventing others from taking your work and claiming it as theirs. I've been looking at the MIT and CPAL licenses. Any suggestions? Oh and, I need the license to be compatible with MIT. ...
What is the best way to implement license enforcement in a Java application, so that the application cannot be "distributed" and used without the user purchasing the license? ...
I posted an open source project to Google Code a while back under the MIT License. Recently someone told me they saw a project on GitHub that looked "remarkably similar" to mine. So I go on there to check it out and it looks like they took all of my code and replaced the author name everywhere and posted it as their own. Although I'm hap...
In my company we often value the software to be almost the same as concurrent software on the market. While this is one way I'm interested of other (maybe more academic) ways of value and put a price on software. Any ideas or methods that have been succesful for you? ...
I've got an application and I share it with some companies however this application is not free nor for sale. It's just some private project which I don't want to share with world but only some companies that I'm working for. But simply I don't want them to: Copy Steal Share my application or any part of it. What kind of a license ...