licensing

Difference between Affero-GPL and GPLv3

What is the difference between the Affero General Public License and the GNU General Public License (GPL)? ...

Distributing source code with several different licenses.

(This is a follow up question to my question about combining GPLv3, Ms-PL and BSD licenses). I have a piece of software I would like to release under the GPLv3, however it requires two other pieces of code - one which is Ms-PL (Microsoft Public License) licensed and one that is BSD licensed. Is it possible to distribute the code under ...

Can I copyright source code under a username?

I'd like to publish and copyright some source code. However, I'm a minor living in the United States, and, as such, do not feel comfortable including my full name with my source code at this time. Is it possible to maintain copyright over source code without giving out my identity to anyone who wants it? Can I do something like, say, ...

Proprietary software built on top of GNU GPL

I'm thinking of building a piece of software on top of another piece of software which is licensed under the GPL. I am planning on licensing and selling the software. Could anyone who is familiar with the details of the license see any problems or pitfalls of having a dependency on a piece of software licensed under the GPL? ...

Adding License Agreement in RPM package

Is it possbile to add License agreement in the RPM package? When user installs the RPM, it should prompt to accept the user license agreement. ...

Choose license with extremely modified parts from another script

So I've got a JavaScript script that uses extremely modified pieces of another script. That script has an GNU General Public License. Do I need to use that license too or can I choose my own and just reference to that other script? ...

GNU Public License version 2 with Classpath Exception?

I noticed this today, and I searched for it on Google, but I can't seem to find the GNU Public License Version 2 with Classpath Exception. Is it a new license? What does it cover? Edit: I was originally kidding (and hadn't really Googled) because I thought this was a Netbeans error, but I see that the joke is on me: it's an exception ...

Joomla License and Templates / Modules

How does the GPL apply to external modules or templates installed into Joomla? I'm a bit confused whether a module, written in PHP using the joomla API's and works only with Joomla can be commercial, or whether it must be licensed as GPL. Also is the reason that it should not be GPL because the module was installed after Joomla and not...

Getting VB6 to reveal which component doesn't have a design time license installed

I've inherited a VB6 project that I'm trying to "Make". The build fails on the "Making EXE" step with a licensing error: License information for this component not found. You do not have an appropriate license to use this functionality in the design environment. How can I figure out which component is missing the license? The proj...

GNU Lesser GPL, application sell?

Possible Duplicate: Using LGPL library in a commercial Java application Hello guys! There is a project under the GNU Lesser GPL license. I want to use this project in my application. Can I sell my application using this license? ...

Unique Virtual Machine

I am working on some method to protect my software with a license. Doing some wmi calls to uniquely distinguish computers and making sure there cannot be loaded multiple instances of the application. I came to think though when the application is installed on a virtual machine (MS Virtual PC, VMWare, Virtual Box etc.) and licensed on th...

Is it possible to include l7-filter protocols in a commercial project?

My task is to make a networking application with protocol identification, under a proprietary license. I am considering reusing the protocol matching patterns from l7-filter, but not l7-filter itself. These data files are available under a dual GPLv2/CC-ShareAlike 2.5 license. The CC license says I can't "build upon" it, but is it OK to...

Is it ethical/legal to modify sourceforge.net projects and sell them commercially?

If the new product is an extension of the old project with cool new features? Or if the new project is a code converted from PHP to Python ...

Pros/Cons of using an assembly as a license file?

I was initially going to use a signed serialized xml file to store license details. In planning, more and more has moved into this "license file" which will allow for us to distribute a single application and control available functions via the supplied license file. The UI and printed reports are co-branded with distributors logos, so...

Including license agreement in .deb file

How can i include a license agreement interaction in a .deb file? The question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/668838/linux-support-for-click-thru-licenses only asks if its possible, but not how. Also, I'm not sure if http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1884753/license-info-of-a-deb-package is actually something one could use... I kno...

What changes are there in the "iPhone Developer Program License Agreement"

Recently, the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement has been changed. Sadly, there is no previous version officialy available for us to compare (as far is i know). Googling the search term does not reveal very useful results to me (and only very old versions of the license agreement. If anyone of you has a good understanding of th...

Can I distribute my app on a Linux-based virtual machine and keep it closed source?

I would like to use a Debian distribution for this purpose. My application is closed source and Debian is a mix of various open source licenses. Some of them force publishing everything that uses it under the same license (GPL). Does it apply to my scenario as well or can I still use my own license for my code? ...

creative common license and how to acknowlege.

I found a javascript that it is perfect for a website I am in charge to build. I am adapting that javascript and then I will use it in our website. The javascript is under the creative commons license which effectively states that I can use it and do any derivative work (which I am) provided that somehow I acknowledge the creator. Now...

Do I own the copyright to code I write for school projects?

I'm a student at a US college, and I've been assigned a programming project to complete on my own. I wrote a program to solve a somewhat complex problem, and I'd like to release it under an open-source license so that others can use it and learn from it. However, I'm not entirely sure to whom the code's copyright belongs. The class' syll...

Code ownership, personal projects and work obligations

I've written code for my own projects - created before I got my full-time gig and maintained by me since - that would excel at solving some issues that we're having on one of my day-time projects. However, I'm afraid that using my code to solve my employer's problem will accidentally give them ownership. So, It seems like I've got a few ...