The GPL and AGPL require derived works to be released under the same terms,I don't understand the terms of "derived",what is the meaning of the "derived".If I develop a client software of mysql(mysql is license under GPL),I use some mysql lib,when I distribute it,may I have to make my software a GPL license?Navicat(a client software of m...
Hi, I am developing a software using C Sharp 2008 Express Edition and i am almost done with it. Now I need to license the software (commercial use) I am very new to licensing softwares. Can u suggest me a good licensing tool ? Thanks in advance. ...
I'm using a library licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2. I wish to release my own code (which uses the GPLv2 library) under GPLv3. The library license contains the following paragraph: This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License...
I'm starting a new open source project (which will probably be released under the Apache license) and I've seen it recommended that copyright headers are placed at the top of source files, e.g.: /* Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] Licensed under the ... license, etc... */ This makes a lot of sense, however I'm unclear about...
I know that the MIT and GPL licenses are 'compatible', and so I can use them together in a project. I also know that GPL allows you to sell software, but requires that the source code be available on request. I believe the MIT license does not require this. If I plan on using code that is dual licensed under MIT and GPL, how does this...
Hi, My company is planning to write a commerial application that may use some Apache libraries. The application in question is for the Android platform and may be distributed on the Android Market. From what I've been reading it seems that we will need to include a copy of the Apache License 2.0 with the binary distribution of our soft...
I would like to know if it is possible and what is necessary in order to use Chromium in my closed source app. Since Chromium uses many other open-source libraries with different types of licenses I am not sure if I can use it or not. I don't want to waste programming hours and then realize that is not possible to use it. ...
The Zend Framework uses the new BSD license, right? http://framework.zend.com/license I'm developing a CMS that uses ZF. Look at the third condition of the license. Does that mean that I cannot write, in any place of my CMS's website, that it uses ZF? Is it illegal ff I write: "... is a Content Management System based on Zend Framewor...
We are considering purchasing TFS 2010, and don't have an MSDN Subscription as of now. Consider two scenarios 1 - Purchasing MSDN Subscription. 2 - Purchasing TFS outside MSDN In both scenarios, how many number of CALs are available, and how many we need to purchase more? What will be the cost involved? Assume that we need to support a...
Let's assume that you've created a SharePoint solution - a WebPart, a feature for a List Template, whatever - that you are planning to sell as a product. How would you go about handling licensing of your solution? I'm looking for some input in at least the following areas: Code-wise: 1.1. Where do you keep the license itself? as a f...
Under which specific license are the DirectShow samples and Base Classes from the DirectX 9.0c SDK distributed? I have searched throughout the SDK deliverable and cannot figure this out. I know that I am free to use the samples and base classes, however, the more legalistic minded folks in my organization need to know the specific lice...
Although I understand this site is by no means a place for legal advice, and I'm not looking for any lawyers to step up and defend their cases, I'm certain that there are other programmers out there who have dealt with this and can share their thoughts and experiences. My general question is, what constitutes non-commercial? If some sof...
Can anyone point me to the AppFabric licensing info? ...
I'm looking for an FFT library to translate into the D programming language for inclusion either in a library that I'm working on or (better yet) in the standard library. I need a fairly simple FFT with decent performance, not an uber-optimized one with blazing fast performance and zero simplicity/readability. However, it must meet the...
Is my ASP.NET MVC project automatically GPL 2.0 licensed by including these libraries? I always find this confusing with the GPL. ...
I've written a licensing script for some modifications I release freely, and part of my terms and conditions states that upon installation the modification will send the following information for storing in my database:- Domain Name where the mod is installed Email address of the site owner Modification name Modification version number ...
I am developing an open source Java library which will be licensed under the Apache License 2.0. Can I copy code (one method with minor modifications ) from another MIT licensed library. If I can, how should I mark the copyrights then? ...
There are couple of abandoned .NET project which released ZIPs of source code that I would like to do some maintainance work on, and make my own additions. These were simply distributed as ZIPs and weren't hosted on a site like sourceforge. One example is mentalis security tools) What I'd like to do it to take the code and make some of...
I have a copy of ms Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 through my university MSDN program. Can I use it to create commercial programs? ...
I have a free application that has a number of paid-for upgrade applications you can buy for it. The base game is free and remains the application that the user always launches, it detects the presence of the other applications and unlocks various upgrade features as appropriate. I wanted to use the new licensing service to detect wheth...