licensing

MIT-license: "The copyright statement has to be in every copy" ?

Hi, On the official webpage of MIT-license is written following: Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without ...

GPL, Apple Store

Is it possible to submit an application to the Apple Store under a GPL license? ...

Application Distribution Options: MIT Licensed, Closed Source

I have developed a .Net application which I am publishing under the MIT license, however, I will not be releasing the source. My question is, taking that into account, what options do I have for distribution. If you have published a similar application, I would like to know what sites you found to work well for distribution. Thanks in ...

Application Licensing and Activation Thoughts

I have recently developed an app that I plan to sell to small businesses. I do not have a huge backing of cash so I am unwilling to purchase a commerical application that would protect my software against theft. My current plan is the following: I include a public key (pgp) or a literal code inside of the app. User purchases software ...

Should I put a license on code submitted to a potential employer?

I am currently applying for a position and have been asked to essentially write two small apps. I started wondering if I should put some license on the code before I submit. I honestly do not keep up with all the different licenses, but know there are many to choose from. The question is should I put a license on the code? If so which o...

Qt moving from LGPL to commercial halfway through

I've never understood this bit about licensing on the Qt website. Qt Commercial Developer License The Qt Commercial Developer License is the correct license to use for the development of proprietary and/or commercial software with Qt where you do not want to share any source code. You must purchase a Qt Commercial De...

Adding DRM to eBooks with a licensing server

I have a client who is a publisher and also runs an on-line book store. They are looking into selling eBooks that have DRM licenses. When a user buys the book they are able to download it and then activate the license. The license is activated for that device and the eBook is then locked to that device. What sort of software exists to ...

Are the any open-source licenses which are incompatible with a C# winforms app?

I'm open sourcing my app, which was built in C# using Windows Forms. Are there any licensing issues I should be aware of? In particular, are there any open-source licenses that I'm prevented from using? ...

Minified JavaScript and BSD license

BSD license says: Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with th...

Can I install VS on two machines with one license?

I am an adjunct professor teaching database and programming classes. I own a desktop and laptop both running Windows. I own an Academic copy of VS 2010 and have it installed/activated at home. Starting in the Fall I will be teaching C# .NET programming with VS 2010. However, the laptop at the college with it installed is a 5 year o...

LGPL like license which is not trivially circumventable

I'd like to license some code in a way that's less viral than GPL, but still copyleft. I can't and don't want to use GPL since I use some libraries which are basically open source, but incompatible with the GPL. I thought about using LGPL or MPL/CDDL. The problem with these is that they are trivial to circumvent. For one these licenses ...

Going back to Visual Basic 5

I have been using Visual Basic 5 since it was first released until a couple of years ago. I re-installed it on each new laptop I bought and downloaded the service pack each time. But having not touched it in two years I have now just installed it on a laptop to modify an app. However, it no longer seems that Microsoft offer the servi...

LGPL/GPLv3 Library usage and application distribution

http://directory.fsf.org/project/libgcrypt/ I am coding and application in C++, the application uses libgcrypt, so -lgcryptoption is passed to GCC C++. my source code includes "#include " i am using the library as "SHARED" meaning its not distributet with the executable of my application. the library is licensed under GPLv3/LGPL, do ...

Confusing dual licensing from the plan9port project

I intend to include some source codes from the plan9port project. The page states that the license is "original Bell Labs MIT-like or Lucent Public License". You can see that the MIT-like license is very permissive. I am sure it is compatible with most (if not all) other licenses. The problem is the Lucent License. According to wiki, thi...

building and installing ipad/iphone app privately (dev license question)

I am creating an iPad app. I do not yet have the $99 dev license but I understand I will need this to actually put my app on the device rather than just the sim. I want to install the app on a bunch of devices but I do not want to put it in the app store or go through the approval process(which I am assuming is in order to submit for the...

differences between LGPL and CDDL licences

Hi, I am trying to understand the different between these 2 licenses, but it all seems very unclear... I found a discussion here but it didn't really help. As anyone got a clear view on what the difference actually is, if any ? Cheers David ...

Example of a Facebook application developer license agreement

I am a web developer, I develop applications for Facebook as a hobby. Lately I've received some proposals to develop Facebook application for payment. I wanted to know, what terms should I include in my developer license, does anybody have an example of such license agreement? ...

What are the copyright & licensing issues of porting code?

I'm looking to port the code of a GPL-licensed library from C to Java. I don't hold the copyright of the original code. Will I own the copyright on the new code? Will I be able to license it as I choose? ...

Query regarding using MSDN license

Hello. If I buy one of the available MSDN subscriptions from Professional, Premium, Ultimate and Test Professional then how many developers can download & use the products? ...

Software License with an exception?

I'm looking for a software License similar to the MIT License (that is, an Opensource software License). It should cover the following points: The software can be used and distributed free of charge; The software may be used in opensource and commercial applications; The software may be distributed unaltered within the application B...