I have a multi-user software solution (containing different applications, i.e. EXEs) that should allow only a limited number of concurrent users. It's designed to run in an intranet. I don't have a really good, satisfactory solution to the problem of counting the client licenses yet. The key requirements are: When users start any appli...
Does anyone have some expieriences buying CS5 (or prev. version) in the States and registering/using it in Germany (or somewhere else in the EU where it costs nearly twice as much). Are there difficulties registering or purchasing updates? thx. ...
Hi, We will be implementing a public-facing website in SharePoint 2010 and I have a few questions regarding licensing: Is there any (relatively) reliable pricing information available for SharePoint 2010? What about rumors? What edition of SharePoint 2010 would be appropriate for a publicly facing website (in 2007, you needed Enterpri...
As Microsoft Gold Partners we are granted 10 versions of Visual Studio Premium. We have 13 developers so 10 of use use Premium and 3 of use use VS Professional. Is it allowed to install 10 copies of VS Professional instead of Premium to keep everyone consistent? ...
I'd like to use iTextSharp for PDF manipulation. I need it to run under medium trust (webserver) and to be free of charge (sice this is a very small project), therefore there is not much competition. Unfortunately, since I need it for a commercial project, I cannot use the AGPL introduced with version 5.0. Do you know if I may use the 4...
By best I mean more time tested, easier to implement and easier for the users to work with. I do not want my licensing crap to interfere with their work. I was thinking of launching a WCF service that check with my license DB if it's a valid license and if it is, send a True. If the returned response is False, then shut down the progr...
I am a web developer, and I don't have enough knowledge about software licenses. I wish to publish some of my works, and I need to select licenses for them. My software product is free of cost. But I have some restrictions on the distribution/modification of the code. It's free of cost (but donations are acceptable ;-)). The source c...
if i modify a source file in a piece of mit licensed code does that mean i need to open source it too or can i keep it closed source? Basically if i distribute my program which uses a piece of modified mit licensed code and somebody asks for the mit code, do i just point him the original piece of code or do i have him my modifications t...
GPL, MS-PL, LGPL, MIT, Creative Commons, etc. There are a lot of licenses to your software and sources. I would like to know about that licenses (and another important ones), but on simple statements, like "free for non commercial use" or "source is free for modify but maintain the credits", etc. ...
What is the legal definition of what constitutes a commercial distribution under the Eclipse Public License v 1.0, clause 4? ...
I'm uncertain about a few licensing questions. I develop a closed source application, that's communicating with an open source server. Are my assumptions correct? Can I use an unmodified (L)GPL software on the server-side? I think yes Can I use and modify (L)GPL software on the server-side? I think yes because I'm not distributing the ...
The Apple Developer Agreement (on their website when signing up for a developer account) says: "Apple reserves the right, at its discretion, to modify this Agreement, including any rules and policies at any time." And also: "You agree to follow Apple's Guidelines For Using Apple Trademarks and Copyrights as published on Apple's websit...
I need to use Helvetica font in my Android application. I have following questions regarding the same: 1. Is helvetica.ttf free for use in commercial projects? 2. What are the legal issues that one must consider when using fonts in their applications? Thanks. ...
Since the Linux kernel is GPL and not LGPL I suppose that it is illegal to link proprietary code to it. How does the industry circumvents this? I would expect that the GPL license will force any developer to release under GPL driver and/or kernel module. Maybe I am confused and implementing a new module is not really linking against the...
I am about to implement a very basic licensing feature for my application. A serial number may be granted per-machine (or per-operating-system) or per-user (as for CAL in Windows Server: if my application is used by several users on one machine or if it is used by one user on several machines). For per-operating-system licensing, I use...
Scenario: Project A has existed for some time and is licensed using Apache 2.0. Big Project B is going to use and perhaps redistribute Project A and requires a contributor's licensing agreement (CLA) (not copyright transfer). Project B will offer it's works under the GPL and as proprietary software. Where does that leave project A, of...
What are the license restrictions surrounding the redistribution of Windows OSes as part of virtual demos? I am looking to make available demo versions of my software as already installed and configured on a VHD (or whatever the VMWare equivalent is). I was told that this is not possible because MS does not allow the Windows OS to be re...
Hi all, We're developing a saas app, which is almost finished. Being in the final stages we're wondering how we are going to charge customers for using our app, how we will enforce they will not pass on their logins and so on. Does anyone know a ready-made solution? We do have a budget for this. Rough criteria: enforcing multiple pa...
How can i know for any font it's allowed to use in @font-face or not? even if i recieve font from client, font installed in company PC, font comes with Adobe Software and MS Office? ...
I'm writing a commercial product which uses a simple registration mechanism and allows the user to use the application for a demo period before purchasing. My application must somewhere store the registration information (if entered) and/or the date of the first launch to calculate if the user is still within the demo/trail period. Whil...