Does anyone know of a reference that explains the different open-source licenses in easily understandable, non-legalese terms? Specifically I'm looking for information about what it means to me when I'd like to use and redistribute some (open-source) library with my own products, e.g. something like this: a library distributed under l...
I'm working on the licensing component of a commercial product, and I'm trying to make sure all of our complicated licensing modes work seamlessly. I'm considering using a WWF state machine to keep track of the licensing state so we can be sure the software accurately follows the product licensing terms we state to our users. I've alread...
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...
Hi, usually my employer purchases an MSDN subscription per developer, which allows the developers to install things like visual studio at home (provided all the license restrictions are obeyed etc). However now my employer is a Microsoft Gold Partner, and we don't seem to have our own MSDN subscriptions any more. I have tried to read an...
So, I want to sell my PHP application on envato marketplace. But, I don't know what free/open-source charting library (PHP / Flash based) that allow me to incorporate it in such product? ...
is it ok to put struct definitions from msdn into gpl / opensource projects? How did the windows headers in mingw become free? ...
What is the difference between licensing a program under the MIT license (or the BSD one) and putting it in the public domain? ...
We are writing an app that will use T4 to generate Flex/Actionscript to compile into SWF. We would like to distribute this app to users who will not have VS. I've searched and searched and could not find any info anywhere on redistributing microsoft.visualstudio.texttemplating.dll with your apps, except on this code plex project (http://...
Hi, I have been trying to find decent Image Acquisition + Image Processing solution at a bargain price. I have looked at names like Kodak, Global360, Iris. What I found with all these vendors is that they are very, very, very expensive. I have also found that the SDK API licenses are just as expensive, if not more. Please see Atalas...
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...
Since the business intelligence development studio only seems to come with SQL server discs and you have to install from those discs in order to see the projects inside Visual Studio, are there licensing constraints that I should be aware of? Like only one installation of the business intelligence studio per server? ...
Where can I find the license terms for Microsoft Biztalk Server? (especially the Developer license). I've found the pricing and licensing page, which links to a FAQ - but I can't find the actual legal document anywhere (i.e. the actual license terms). The closest is a 100+ page document of "user rights" - but it is only the changes from...
I'd like to know if it's possible to get the mac adress of a client with a javascript, It would be a good way to securise web-app. (eg. Limit one license p/ Mac Adress) ...
Hi, I would like to open source my complete application and I don't mind at all people using my code where-ever as long as they keep the copyright notice of the work. I also need food on the table, which license allows me to have some money if say a commercial site/company wants to use the code? Does it really matter which license I c...
We are using MAC addresses to identify PCs as licensed to run software. (Don't care about MAC spoofing; licenses are hard to get :) PCs may have multiple Ethernet controllers (we also don't worry about the case where there isn't one; we haven't met such a machine in 5 years), and so there's a problem with reliably choosing a stable one. ...
Somewhere in the web i found this version of EULA! You have no rights Please read carefully 1 So what is the best practice on creating the end user licence agreement? Visiting a laywer or searching and modifing a ready one generic template? Could you povide me a point to start? ...
While there are a handful of great programs for ISV Startups (BizSpark, Emplower ISV, etc), the only option avaiable for non-startups seems to be Visual Studio w/ MSDN. It's not that expensive (I was quoted $10,080/yr for 8 developers), but I'm fairly sure that we'd be just as fine without it. We need pretty standard dev workstations (W...
How would one follow the proper steps in order to license a "package" under the terms of Artistic License 2, as published by the Perl Foundation. Is there a guide, such as GNU's GPL how-to that I'm missing? I've only found CPAN's Licensing Guide, I believe it would apply for external use too, wouldn't it? Otherwise, I presume adding a...
I'm using the Qt/Mfc Migration Framework to begin to convert some UI code from MFC to Qt. I'm wondering whether I absolutely have to keep the Qt migration code in a seperate library or if it would be possible to include it in my project. In order to do that, I would have to modify it slightly (add #include "stdafx.h" for example and chan...
I found a great DAL and it is MIT licensed. Can I use this code without getting into trouble? ...