licensing

Java licensing model : When do I need to pay Sun for using their software?

Java licensing model : When do I need to pay Sun for using their software? ...

Is SQL Server changing to per core licensing?

I heard a rumor that Microsoft was going to change SQL Server 2008 R2 to per core licensing, instead of per processor/socket. Has anyone else heard this? Is there any truth to this rumor? Please cite a source if possible, especially if you believe this is changing. ...

Open Source Licenses and me

I have a software which wrote and includes within several components each of which comes with its own license. In sum, all 24 components in use are sharing the following licenses: Public Domain GPL LGPL BSD MPL Questions I ask are: Am I allowed to sell a compiled version of this software which links to all these components? What is...

adobe air licensing library

I am looking for a licensing library for adobe air. Sharify looks like a very capable and easy library but it is in (closed) beta. Please let me know if you now of other libraries, services or methods to monetize your adobe air app. ...

List of licenses of Debian components

I'm looking for a list of all components in the Debian distribution (specifically Lenny) with indication of their respective license (GPL, LGPL etc.), where might one find such a list? ...

What software license to use?

I'm finishing a CMS (Control Management System) written in PHP5 and that uses Zend Framework an CKEditor (www.ckeditor.com). I have plans to make it commercial but I don't know what kind of license to use in the software. The code will be open (I won't compile or encrypt PHP code with any things like Zend Guard). People can: Create p...

Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0: Commercial Use?

On the following URL are some icons I'd like to use in a website for a client. This would be commercial work. The site says "free for public use", what is public use and can I use them in commercial works? http://somerandomdude.com/projects/iconic I checked the license at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/ and there it...

Will adding an open source license to my project apply to the entire project revision history?

Assume I own some open source project with no license information. Furthermore, assume nobody has contributed publicly yet and so I own the project's source code and copyright. Say the source code is already hosted online. If I decide to give it an open source license by uploading the associated COPYING document to the repository and a...

What happens to code dual licensed under the GPL3 and CDDL

I have a friend who has released code under the GPLv3 and CDDL licenses. I have also heard from someone else that these licenses conflict and invalidate each other. I was wondering if people had any opinion or idea of what that means for a user of this code. (Yes, I know, ask a lawyer; but I'm curious if people have any clues). ...

Implementing a 30 day time trial

Question for indie Mac developers out there: How do I implement a 30-day time trial in a non-evil fashion? Putting a counter in the prefs is not an option, since wiping prefs once a month is not a problem for an average user. Putting the counter in a hidden file somewhere sounds a bit dodgy - as a user I hate when apps sprinkle my hard...

If I use open source code with license X, does my code that uses it have be under license X?

For example, if I use some open source code that is licensed with an MIT license in my (commercial) project, does my project in turn have to be under the MIT license or do I have to distribute the MIT license or anything like that? ...

Legality of packaging Windows icons in your own apps

I would like to ship an application that uses images based on icons found in Shell32.dll (e.g. picture of a hard disk, folder, text file, etc). I don't want to load the images from the common DLL at runtime because the images or their indices may change across various versions of Windows. I just want to repackage them in my application...

how to decide on which license to use?

I have a google app engine project whose source code I want to put into some source control repository. Thought of putting it into code.google.com . When I tried, I was prompted to select a source code license. I am new to this. Can someone please tell me how to decide on which license to select? Mine is a very simple project and I am f...

MySql used for wordpress hosting only - is that allowed without licence?

Hello, We develop a web app in postgreSQL. For our blog which runs on the business web site, we want to run it on wordpress. Are we able to install the free version of mySQL and run the blog with it or do we require a commercial licence? Our web-app has nothing to do with mySQL. Thanks ...

Can I open source just one of my EXEs that uses a GPL library?

I want to sell a commercial software. It has 3 parts: EXE Program 1: - links to GPL EXE Program 2: - Has no GPL code. EXE Program 3: - Has no GPL code. My question is, can I only open source Program 1, and not Program 2 and Program 3? ...

How to dual license my open source software ?

I am working on an ORM in PHP and would like to dual license it: One open source license for open source projects One commercial license for commercial projects However, I was approached by an organizer of a "coding fest" which wanted to use my project for an open source coding event. I am not sure if it would be smart to let other d...

Best way to buy visual studio

I have just started today at a new company. They are a wensure that used to outsource all of their development. I am the only dev for now and need visual studio 2008. What is they best way to licence it? It is a website and they won't be creating an application. Is isv possible and is it the way to go? ...

Including proprietary library in GPL software

Our company is changing the direction in which the business is being run, and is now thinking of selling our hardware, while releasing most of the code under the (L)GPL license (?), however certain parts will be released as closed source libraries in order to protect our IP. I've been reading and trying to understand the (L)GPL license ...

choosing licensing statement for an open standard/specification

I've started to write a file format specification for a domain-specific data type. My goal is to improve interoperability between a large number of data providers and search algorithms. I want the result to be available for use, patent-free and without distribution fees. I'm looking for advice on which license to use, both for the speci...

type of Boost licence

What is the Boost licence? ...