hi, im reading the lingpipe terms of service here - Lingpipe tos Does this mean that if i use lingpipe and integrate it into some other software ive built myself I have to make the software ive built myself available as open source? is this normal with OS licences? im referring to this bit Whether you distribute the Software or...
I'm developing a commercial silverlight application using some third party libraries that are published under Microsoft Public License (MPL). I have to include the license text into my product which is somewhat strange in an silverlight application. In a normal desktop application I would just include the license als a .txt but I've no ...
I'm hacking on a semi commercial(ads) travel related web site and would like to add a couple of lines about the biggest cities in Europe. Just a few lines about what (if anything) the city is known for, main attractions and so on. Can someone recommend me a data source with a compatible license? Bonus points for being easily importable...
I am starting an opensource project. I want to allow the following: Free for noncommercial use, bins and source mods, like with the GPL, but I would like to retain commercial rights for myself, and provide another license for commercial use for customers who prefer that option. The number of licensing options seem a bit overwhelming. So...
Hi, I realise that modified versions of the software should be freely available, but what about the content that is held within a mysql database for instance? does that have to be available too? Cheers ke ...
Which vendors are known to offer free licenses of their otherwise paid and propreitary software in support of Free and Open Source Software (F/OSS) projects? Where possible, please provide a link to the product and the page where the free license offer for F/OSS projects is mentioned. For example, “Open Source License for ReSharper by J...
I am helping someone with some software they are selling. I am contributing code for free. The code that I wrote uses open source licenses and i have included them with the source code. Which software license can i put my code under? I would like to totally give the software to them for free. Please ask questions if there are issues O...
We have an automated build setup using TeamCity for our application. This application uses Active Reports 6, which use a license.licx file for licensing. When I build using Visual Studio on the build machine, everything is cool and the license is recognized when I distribute my application to others. The problem is that our build serv...
Let's say I modified an open source app "XYZ", and decided to release it to the public as an closed source app. Is there any FOSS license that would allow such thing? ...
In plain, simple English, what is the difference between GPL (version 1) to GPL (version 2)? ...
Hi all, I've read through "Apache License, Version 2.0" but my interpretation was in slightly different to an answer given in a related question so was hoping for some clarification. Supposing I created an application that linked to a library that was licensed under the license in question, my interpretation for doing what's required i...
We use ComponentOne controls in our Winforms application for .NET 2.0 and we have a problem when we attempt to use it on FIPS validated platforms - the licx file seems to fail and the control creation fails and even the ComponentOne activation seems to fail. Is there a workaround for this ? ...
In a standard ICT Department who is responsible for managing software licenses? I would start by saying that the ICT Manager is accountable for it. But who gets the responsibility, using ITIL as a standard model for an ICT department would the Service Delivery Manager or Development Manager? The Service Delivery Manager needs to keep ...
I develop a couple of open source projects licensed under MPL1.1. All projects depend on a lot of other open source tools. I avoid any GPL licensed libraries for the viral nature of GPL. The licenses of the libraries my tools depend on are Apache2, LGPL2, LGPL3, CPL, BSD, JSON, MIT and some personal agreements. My applications are licen...
A client ask me to generate PDF in python, but i don't know if i have to pay the license or just use it. what do i have to do? In their web site said: XHTML2PDF is dual-licensed: 1. GNU General Public License Version 2.0 (GPLv2) 2. A commercial license In their docs: pisa is copyrighted by Dirk Holtwick, Germany. pisa ...
This is not a real situation; please ignore legal issues that you might think apply, because they don't. Let's say I have a set of 200 known valid license keys for a hypothetical piece of software's licensing algorithm, and a license key consists of 5 sets of 5 alphanumeric case-insensitive (all uppercase) characters. Example: HXDY6-R3D...
I want to port an open source program to iPhone, the license prohibited any commercial use of the code. I emailed the author and he sent back an email saying freeware is ok. Of course I cannot (should not) charge anything on top of the code. Still, I want to get compensation for my work on UI design, graphics and integration work. So ...
What do I need to include if my iPhone App uses some third party code under an opensource licence for example BSD or MIT, before submitting for AppStore approval? Is it enough if I let original code with it's comments untouched or do I need to include a readme file where I describe that I used "xyz's framekwork under licence abc" or som...
I'm trying desperately to find a software licensing model that would allow me to make my product completely open to the public domain for personal use/modification, but would be able to be sold commercially. I know such a beast exists, and I'm sure in many flavors. I just can't find it. ;( What I'm hoping for is a way to allow people t...
Hey everybody - I have an open source project that I'm working on and I'm trying to figure out what liscense would be the best match. Essentially my project is a framework that developers will use to create projects of their own. The vision I had for the licensing of the project (in plain English): The user must not sell the source co...