This question is no longer relevant now that microsoft have released a proper version of the Rx framework on devlabs Original Question I've downloaded the Silverlight 3 toolkit and rebased System.Reactive.dll to work on the .NET 3.5 CLR, and am really enjoying using it. What I'd like to know is, can I ship it? The codeplex site fo...
Consider I have created software and want to make that soft to be activated via internet if it is being purchased (more precisely, if a license has been purchased). What is the contemporary way of making software safe from using without purchasing a license (from hacking)? How the software and license database should interact to make a r...
A theoretical question regarding licensing and embeddable apps aka widgets/gadgets many sites offer nowadays. I'm using Creative Commons licensing in my example as that would be the case if this hypothetical situation would be turned into a real one by me :) Let's say we have a noncommercial site, www.noncommercialsite.org, that contain...
Is it possible to statically link a library released under the CPL into a commerical application? I'm contemplating using the libqxt library which is released under both the lgpl and cpl licenses. However the cpl license is a tad unclear as to whether it needs to be dynamically linked (as required by lgpl). I've checked the cpl faq on...
From the License * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses. * http://docs.jquery.com/License Can i use jQuery for private commercial application? (meaning commercial applications that are not open source) ...
I've few closed-source freeware programs which i distribute from my site. But some sites like qarchive and other freeware-download sites hijack my software and keep it on their servers. (They steal my traffic from website and earn by CPM/CPC advertisers) It's like parasite on my hard work. I want to restrict that. In order to do that i w...
I need to redistribute my software with jetty-6.1.19.zip from Jetty site. Am I allowed to remove from this zip all unnecessary cruft (docs, samples, etc.) and than redistribute such a modified package ? Software is a proprietary based. ...
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. ...
What licenses are the best for open sourcing web applications? ...
I am about to sell a program I have written in C# and I want to control licenses for it, strictly. That means I want to let the client connect to my server every single time it starts. This also gives me the ability to disable keys (in case of chargebacks on paypal or distribution of the code). Of course this might be a hassle for other ...
Setting We are using licensed Infragistics winform controls for creation of desktop applications. All our software builds are performed on a CruiseControl.NET server. Remark: Never mind the combination of Infragistics and CCNET – any other commercial library of .NET controls and any other CI server will probably lead to the same situat...
If I use GPL software in my internal/closed source app do I have to make the source publicly available? say on the Internet? ...
When I publish a Flash file that contains any sound (such as a WAV file), I can choose the sound compression method (MP3, raw, ADPCM, etc.). My question is about the mp3 compression and it's licence. Flash gives me the option to compress a WAV file as mp3, but is the licence to use the mp3 format included? I have paid for a Flash licenc...
Some applications require me to install/activate a license before I can develop with them in Visual Studio, but then when I compile my application, no license is required by the end-user. What's the easiest way to accomplish this? How can I prevent a developer from using whatever method the final DLL uses when it runs on a client machine...
I have a desktop application that could run in trial mode. The user decides to enter a license key. I validate it and if valid the app will not run in trial mode anymore. What should I do with the license key after this? Where should I keep it? Should I check if the license key is valid at every app start up? I want to know what should...
I developed an application in C# and now I'm on the licensing process. What should I do with the license key after I register my app with it online with on my servers? Where should I keep it? Should I validate the application at every startup? ...
Hi lawyers programmers When using a library or data set that is priced "per server", how many licenses should I buy to run it in Google App Engine? Is there a way to know on how many physical machines my web application is deployed? Is it relevant? ...
i have download the code from the codeProject web site but while runnig this i got the reference error of the dll in the reference folder. the dll file is located in my bin/debug/ folder. still it not found it. when i add this file from add reference tag i give the error that this is not valid com component. please help in this thanks...
I'm trying to find out which rules govern user-added content in google maps. I'd like to know if I can store certain placemarks from google maps on my server and on the client(the latter for the sake of caching). I have been reading through Google maps terms but could not find a direct answer to this question. ...