licensing

Using the system time for node locked licensing

I have node-locked licensing working, using the MAC address and system time. We're concerned that people will just edit their system date to extend a license, so I've tried getting the real date from an machine in the NTP pool. That works, but then obviously you can't use the product without being online, and it doesn't seem to be 100% r...

visual studio 2008 software assurance to 2010

Does anyone know the MSDN licensing rules around upgrade from visual studio 2008 to visual studio 2010 if I were to buy VS 2008 now? I will not be able to get budget for the 2010 one too, but I have heard there are software assurances in place if you have MSDN subscriptions. I will not be able to get an MSDN subscription, so is there ...

Licensing Small Programs

I'm a soon to be grad and I'm just starting to work on my personal website. I wrote a couple of small apps that that I would like to use as code samples for potentional employers. I might allow the general public to download and use my apps, and naturally I wouldn't like anyone to just take my code and call it theirs. Do I need to attach...

Mailing lists' content license (e.g. Apache mailing lists)

There are lots of different mailing lists for different software projects (e.g. Apache mailing lists) and quite often some piece of code is sent to those lists. Are there some general licensing rules for the content posted to those lists? I looked for the terms of Apache lists but couldn't find any. If I find some code which I need to ...

Community License Agreement for Commercial (SaaS) software?

I've got a commercial SaaS application, an online collaboration/lean project mgmt tool. I want to offer a "Community Edition", with specific limitations on how the software can be used, for free. For example free for groups using it to manage open source projects free to K-12 teachers to use in the classroom free for authors collaborat...

Artistic License v2.0 vs GPL v2. Differences?

I really don't get the differences between the Artistic License v2.0 and the GPL. They seem very similar. Also, If I develop something in python under Artistic License 2.0, can I use a GPL library in my code ? Thanks. I'm going to re-read the licenses, but I doubt I'll get it. ...

Is inspecting file structure and changes to the system registry considered reverse-engineering?

Disassembling/decompiling is usually considered reverse engineering. What if I don't decompile the executables but only observe the changes to the computer - what registry changes the program installer made, what files it copied and what system calls are done when the program is running (using something like Process Monitor) in order to ...

License for SSIS

Hello I'd like to know that if I have a SQL server 2005 SE/EE licensed. Can I install SSIS component on my workstation, or other workstations to create, deploy, and run the package? Thanks. ...

Ms-RL - How do you embed/use it in your project?

I'm intending to use the Ms-RL for a project on CodePlex, but I'm not sure how far I should go in terms of how I actually use / embed it in the solution. Simply including the full licence text somewhere in each project is a given, as is appropriate usage in the project properties / assembly meta-tags; but would you go so far as to incl...

Does the "Scenic Ribbon" need MS licensing?

The new variant "Scenic Ribbon" is now part of the Windows API (the Office 2007 "Fluent Ribbon" was not). Does anyone know if a program that uses the "Scenic Ribbon" needs to go through the licensing process like a program that uses the "Fluent" variant of the ribbons? Waht is if the program does not use the original Windows API but a ...

Using GPL v2 DLL in application

I am looking for a reference stating whether I need to redistribute the source code of my application if it links against a binary file that its source code released under GPL v2/3. Thanks, Eden ...

Best source code license for limiting/restricting a Google Code project?

What is the best license for limiting/restricting a Google Code project? Here are Google's Options: Apache License 2.0 Artistic License/GPL Eclipse Public License 1.0 GNU General Public License v2 GNU General Public License v3 GNU Lesser General Public License MIT License Mozilla Public License 1.1 New BSD License The reason for my ...

Should Translations of some GPL code to other languages be licensed as GPL?

Should Translations of some GPL code to other languages be licensed as GPL? For ex we have x264 C/C++ H264 encoding open source GPL lib. We translate it from… C\C++ to Java or C# should we license our code as GPL? ...

Go code contribution: license and patent implications?

I've been reviewing the contributions documentation for Google new language, and was curious about the idea of contributing a new package. It states that this should be included at the top of contributed source code: // Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license ...

Tool to determine licenses for pom.xml dependencies

I'm looking for a tool that given a maven pom.xml file tells me all the licenses that are used by the dependencies (and recursively their dependencies). Does such a thing exist? Ideally it would tell me: For each dependency all licenses that apply A summary list of a different licenses referenced. ...

What license is DirectShow and what inputs and outputs can it handle?

The title already says all: I want to create a project using DirectShow. Which license does DirectShow have? Can I just use it or do I have to mind sth.? What input and output-codecs can DirectShow handle? ...

Mapkit routes and google license

So, this question is not if I can do routing with mapkit. You can't with the API. So I found the clever way of using an annotation to render a route between two points. The route is based on a series of lat/long values. In my app, I use it to render a route (but not for vehicles or walking). There is no list of directions, so it's ...

What is the proper way for allowing non-gpl plugins/modules on a GPL application?

I develop an open-source CMS, which is licensed under GPLv3, and I want to open the plugin/modules architecture for anyone to contribute their own extensions. However I want to give contributors the freedom to choose whatever license they want for their extensions, and not force them to use the main application's license. My understand...

Can I distribute a modified GPL binary which I use from my closed source application

This is very similar to other questions, but none of the other ones quite answer it, so please read through fully before shouting at me :) (See e.g. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1394623/can-i-dynamically-call-a-lgpl-gpl-software-in-my-closed-source-application) I have written a closed source, commercial application. The applicat...

How to enforce a site-wide license?

We have a small .Net program that we sell with individual licenses. The individual licenses are enforced by registering a key file that is generated using information from the machine used to install the program (MAC address, etc.) Now, we have a customer request for a site-wide license, such that they can deploy to as many machines on ...