I have been working on a tool for windows that I want to make public. However, I have a quandary. Do I make this tool open-source, freeware (source is not open) or shareware (free for personal use, pay otherwise). Eventually, I hope to make a Pro version that includes more features and plan to make it payware. I believe this in itself mi...
I am using the Calibri font in a game that I am developing for the iPhone, and I'm unsure if I need to pay for a license for it. I use the font in Adobe Photoshop to generate textures that are then used and displayed at runtime. I will not embed the font binary in the game. Do I need a license for the Calibri font? If I do, does anyone...
I need to implement run-time licensing in an embedded protocol stack. I already have an idea about how to achieve this but I am interested in hearing any alternative approaches, or any pitfalls to watch out for. You can assume that each device running the stack will have a unique hard-coded identifier (MAC address equivalent) and acces...
I have an application that utilized libraries which are published under different licences like GWT(APL), MySQL(GPL), Protege(MPL), and they are running on the same server. I would like to know if they are using the same "shared address space". I am quite confused about this term - "shared address space". Also it would be great if anyone...
DISCLAIMER: While I'm trying to do this to fool a license enforcement scheme, the company is out of business and I'm only setting up a test server. I don't consider this stealing (as a developer that sells software myself, I wouldn't do that) since I can't pay for another license if I wanted to. However, if the community disagrees, pleas...
I'm thinking about starting a new personal project to work on in my spare time. I was wondering if it is ok to use the company laptop for this? I'm using visual studio 2008 for development, which is installed on the laptop using a company license. I do have my own license for visual studio 2008, which is installed on my personal desktop...
I've got some open-source code which I'd like to translate into different programming language (it is a scientific library and it is the only open-source piece of code that does the thing, so I don't have much choice). Parts which I am interested in are GPL, LGPL and BSD (some code is in one, some in another). This would be a total rewr...
Do they have to be GPL or can they be something else? And if nothing is specified in the code are they considered to be GPL by default? ...
Hi, I need to implement licensing in my windows application i downloaded this open source project code called the OpenLicenseBuilder which generates an xml file with ll the product code and certain constraints How do i use it in my .Net windows application I just dont know how to use the gereated xml file whihc is of the extension LIC ....
I am currently evaluating using PyQt in a commercial application, and I was surprised to learn that the PyQt Commercial License does not permit you to expose any of the PyQt library in the application's script API. From the PyQt site: The right to distribute the required PyQt modules and QScintilla library with your applications so l...
I am aware of other solutions like System.Data.Sqlite or Firebird through Dblinq, but since nothing beats SQL Compact Edition (integration-wise) with Visual Studio, I would like to use it and to know if its license allows its usage in Open Source projects. Thanks. ...
Is it legal to use GraphicsMagick in a commercial software? GraphicsMagick license GraphicsMagick site ...
If I hosted NerdDinner and had google ad-sense would I be a commercial user of Bing Maps / Virtual Earth thus have licensing costs? I've looked and found this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/828853/virtual-earth-or-google-maps and the TOS: http://www.microsoft.com/maps/product/terms.html but neither answer my question.. I'...
I am interested to use http://www.phplicengine.com to protect my php code and license my php script but have no clue how good it is. is here a PHPLicengine user who may help me please? ...
In development software, libraries, toolkits, gui's etc, what licenses do I need to look for that will allow me to sell products created using the software? Edit: I should've said also that I'm most interested in licenses for free development tools, however, not necessarily open source. ...
This page summarizes different license types' terms (GPL, LGPL, MIT, BSD, etc): http://www.codeproject.com/info/Licenses.aspx Say I write a program for sale that uses a software under one of the licensing types where "Can be used in commercial applications:" is true, and "Can be used in proprietary (closed source) applications:" is true...
Hi , I need to implement a simple key generator which is possbily using encrypted xml i have tried out this example http://www.codeproject.com/KB/security/xmldsiglic.aspx?fid=16744&df=90&mpp=25&noise=3&sort=Position&view=Quick&fr=201&select=606047 But this does not say much about how do i create a License ...
Has anyone ever come across this? I've never seen it before. I know there is a *.lic" file in my bin for some web charting software. I did a publish, copied to dev server and then suddenly boom, get this error on every page. Any ideas? I've cleared out temp asp.net files and restarted IIS. edit: wow, I'm thinking this might be the...
I'm thinking of using Java to write a program that I might try to sell one day. I'm new to Java so I have to ask, what types of tools/software/etc will I need (from development, to distribution, to user-friendly installation on users' machines) that have licenses that must be considered to make sure they allow sales and closed source co...
I have found many GPL licensed libraries for reading information from mp3s in Python. Are there any non GPL libraries? ...