Naming the MIT licence
What should you call it? Expat, MIT, X11? ...
licensing
How do I license the data visualization components (charting) for the Flex SDK on an automated builder server?
I have a professional license of Flex 3.3. This allows me to create applications using the data visualization components (charts) without watermarks. However, all of release builds (test, production, etc) occur on our build server. The build server only has the Flex SDK installed (not full Flex Builder). As a result the SWFs compiled...
Examples of physical software license to deliver with my product?
A customer ask for a "Physical License" to be protected if a government agency review his office computers looking for pirate software. Do you know of any template to such a license? ...
Is it legal to use OpenSource libraries in proprietary software?
I'm wondering is it legal to include OpenSource components as *.dll / *.so (with sources provided) in some proprietary software? It seems that everything's ok: source code is provided, not modified, author is mentioned in "About" box, and the free source is not compiled into: just dynamically linked. I know there's quite a lot of diffe...
How does the GPL apply to contractors.
I work for a company that does a lot of contract work for some large companies. We have a customer that would like us to modify GPL licensed code. The way I understand the GPL is that you can modify the code but as soon as you deliver it to an end-user then you have to open source it. If you use the code internally and never deliver i...
Difference between MIT/BSD and CC-BY licenses
MIT/BSD licenses basically say: Hey, use the stuff, but don't claim it's yours. CC-By license (without nc and the such, just the plain cc-by) says: Hey, use the stuff, but don't claim it's yours. Now is there any substantial difference between these licenses? What is the legalese trying to hide from our suspicious eyes? One point I co...
Licensing a SQL Server 2008 for a web site
I would like to user SQL Server 2008 for my public web site. It will be installed on a quad-core CPU and it will be used only through several web applications installed on the same server. My options are: Per-CPU license - around 5-6k US$ Per client - around 1k US$ + cost per client Now, I don't understand the second model. I have ...
How to check licence of third-party jars
We distribute a number of third-party jars with our product. Is there any way I can analyse or perform a lookup on each jar in order to determine its license - e.g. CDDL v1.0, Apache License Version 2.0? I thought maven might provide an answer, but a quick search of the repositories shows that many projects do not provide their licens...
How to add a licensing functionality to a java program?
I have made an application in java. Now I want to deliver it to several clients. I want that each client must purchase a serial key to use that software. Without that key, the software shouldn't be run just like other softwares in the market. How can I do that? I know that I can't protect it fully. I just want a simple serial key func...
MySQL: Do I have to purchase a license for InnoDB if I plan to use it in a for-profit setting (commercial use)?
If I plan to use MySQL on a web-development project (example.com) where my web application is a commercial product where I'm selling a service and it just so happens that MySQL, using the InnoDB engine, is the backend data storage for my web application ... do I have to purchase a commercial license to use MySQL/InnoDB? If I do have to ...
How to minimize the amount of place used by GPL copyright notice?
Gnu GPL page advocates a following header in each file of GPL project: This file is part of Foobar. Foobar is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your optio...
SQL Server developer Edition License and CAL
Hi, I have to test my product with SQL Server database. Based on the search, I know I have to get hold of Developer Edition. I need to know whether for my team of 10 to access the database for testing needs 10 CALs or 10 developer licenses? I searched enough in the net but couldn't find a straight answer. My test setup will be like,...
Cost effective MS/Adobe development tools
Its getting to that time where we need to get some more up to date development tools. There seems to be so many schemes, subscriptions and memberships out there which promise to offer discounts on various development tools etc. Which ones are best in terms of cost and usable software. We are a web based company and our software is creek...
What exactly are the rules for using gpl, lgpl, bsd software interally in the enterprise?
Are there any restrictions of using lgpl, gpl, bsd licensed software in a commercial venture if the tools/software are only used as part of internal processes and not integrated or incorporated into any software / product that is being sold. i.e. if we used open source media converter software to convert someones voicemail from .mov to ...
Porting LGPL library and selling platform-specific glue code
I want to port LGPL library to another platform. This would introduce some changes to the library itself (mostly #ifdefed pieces of code) and also would require me to write additional code to glue library to the platform. Now, I know that I will have to make available modified library source, and this is no problem. But should I make av...
Development license for Google Maps
We are a software company developing a system using Google Maps for our customer internal use (commercial, with GPS device). I know that our customer need to have Google Maps premier license. My question is: Does my company need to pay Google any license fee for development purposes? ...
What does "commercial use" exactly mean?
There is a lot of open source engines and software with different licences conditions. Most of them are non-free for commercial use. The question is what does "commercial use" exactly mean? Example: I have site where I propose paid service or software. I want to create blog or wiki section on it. I download appropriated open source pr...
Can I use an open source framework in a project I plan to profit from?
I'm building a CMS on codeigniter. I'm modifying codeigniter in small ways to make it work with my ideas more seamlessly. But I wonder - are there any restrictions on how I can profit from it? I would think I could build a website with the CMS and charge for it. But what if say, later on I buy a server and set up several accounts for sev...
Software Licensing: Do symbols/types apply?
I have some software that utilizes a C++ template library that is licensed MS-LPL. MS-LPL specifies:(F) Platform Limitation- The licenses granted in sections 2(A) & 2(B) extend only to the software or derivative works that you create that run on a Microsoft Windows operating system product. Which is my problem as I am moving this code ...
free mysql license for commercial application is there such thing ?
hello all simple question , if i have commercial application and i like to use the free version of mysql db (this is the first time im using it ) what restrictions do i have ? can i use it , or do i need buy some kind of license . the url : http://www.mysql.com/about/legal/licensing/index.html talks about the issue but i could not unde...