I'm going to create a mashup web-application and I guess some mashup sources won't be glad I use their data (although links to sources will be provided). What are the general formal/informal rules of such applications creating? ...
I've put my project to Google code by using the GPL 3 License. Can I change it to Apache 2.0 ? Including all copyrights in sources. Updated: I know how to do that. I'd like to know about issues that can happen. Or I can just change it and don't worry about that? ...
Hi, i would like to use the iPhone Alarm Sounds in my iPhone Application. I know i cant access them programmatically, but i found a site on the internet where i can download them. My question is now, will Apple, through the Approval Process, allow me, to use these sounds in my application? I couldn't find any information regarding the ...
I'm a novice C# programmer, but have done a fair amount of SQL development. I've built a few C# Windows apps which essentially install SQL code (e.g., stored procedures, triggers) into a user's database. I want to prevent users/customers from running the app and installing my proprietary SQL code into multiple SQL servers and/or databa...
I would like to add licensing system to application. For example: user buys license for 1 month and after that program expires (Kinda Anti-Virus style?). Problem is that application is supposed to run in systems which may or may not be connected to internet, so how to protect from date-time changes? Storing app startup and close times ...
A program invokes a (seperate) GPL licensed program as part of some computation, and then uses it's output. (For example: It generates some C code, invokes gcc on it, then uses the assmebly). Is it considered a derivative work? Does it affect the program's licensing in any way? ...
I am currently building a Linux-based embedded device, but since i am building it using pre-compiled binary packages i am wondering what is required in this case to comply with the GPL. Would including a copy of the GPL licence text and a pointer to the relevent distribution suffice? I am deciding whether the company view that end users...
I have a proprietary web application that I host. If I added 3rd party code to it (in the form of a Python module) that is licensed under the GPL3 do I have to licence my app under GPL3 too? My understanding was that under GPL2 you didn't have to release your code if it was SaaS , but under GPL3 you do. Is my understanding correct? ...
If I include opencvdotnet http://code.google.com/p/opencvdotnet/ in my project, does that mean that my project has to be open source too? I want it to be closed source. ...
Hi i am implementing a web application for a company, i would like to use the rich text editor distributed by ckeditor.com to allow the users to modify the content of some web pages Can I use it or I am going to break any law? Thanks ...
When installing a software which does not require the user to accept any license, what can the users legally do? My guess would be they can legally do anything except claiming the software as their own production, but I am not sure. Is there some kind of "default license"? Does the fact that the software is publicly available or not chan...
I recently came across a program that uses a Windows Form Control Library. To use the DLL, you would add it to references and then to make it run you would do. Dim DLL As New License If Not DLL.Check Then End ' VB.net Code Basically, the DLL would open and if the license that they entered wasn't in the database it would just close. ...
I have a project I am working on, which links to: Qt Qt Solutions' QtSingleApplication Botan I have a license dialog in my application, which shows the licenses for the application itself and everything it links to. I have a couple questions regarding the distribution process. Do I have to present the licenses in the installation p...
Here is what I want to do: Modify an MS-PL licensed library so that it suits my needs Use the compiled form of said library in my closed source program (linked dynamically) Ship the program and the library in binary form Ship the source of the modified library with the program and continue licensing it under MS-PL (if legally necessar...
Hello All, I want to clarify between GPL and LGPL licence. I have taken open source library which is under GPL licence. If i integrate it in my project and i sell in the market then i have to distribute my code to open source community right ? if i don't change any library code then also i have to distribute my code ? what are the othe...
I'm using a modified version of Botan from the Qt Creator 2.0 sources. The standard Botan distribution is under a FreeBSD license, and Qt Creator 2.0 is under LGPL (which means that version of Botan is under LGPL? or at least the 3 files Nokia added are?). If I remember correctly, according to the LGPL, if I change an LGPL licensed work,...
I want to do my first 'proper' open source app. I have since discovered that a significant portion of functionality (python, if you are curious) is already coded up into two separate project, one of which is GNU licensed, the other BSD. Now it makes sense for me to use substantial portions of the code for my use, which indeed the author...
I was trying to find an extensive list of projects went from closed source to open source. Since I couldn't find such a list, I think it's worth compiling one. If you know of any, please add: its name and URL if you know it, what type of software is it, some proof that they were not open source from the start (such as a link about them g...
In line with the other list here that lists closed source projects that have decided to open source their code, this list is for the opposite: open source projects that decided to close source their code. If you know of any, please add: its name and URL if you know it, what type of software is it, some proof that they were not open sour...
If I have a website which implements a number of open source licensed libraries (For example, jQuery, jQuery UI, along with half a dozen plugins), is it OK to take the copyright notice out of the JavaScript source files, and place it on it's own web page for all to view? It means that I am still attributing the developers, but I also sa...