My company is very concerned about entaglements that could result from the use of copy-left (e.g. GPL) code in our product. Because of this we have no compile scope Maven artifacts with copy-left licenses. However, with runtime or test scoped artifacts, does the same requirement apply? I wouldn't think so, but am very interested in he...
Hi, i tried to understand what "Non-commercial" means (i am not an American) i have an icon- for example: http://findicons.com/icon/86721/new_file?id=353935 its license is: "Freeware Non-commercial" does this means that i cant: use it in my software and than sell my software? use it in my software and than provide my software for free? ...
If you want a permissive FOSS licence you'd go for MIT or 3-clause BSD and if you want a strong copyleft FOSS licence you'd go for AGPL, wouldn't you? ...
We've licensed some third-party e-mail components and have developed a set of components for our system that uses them. These components are then loaded dynamically at runtime by an IoC container. However we have recently noticed in testing on a non-development machine that because the main .EXE which is "hosting" our components does no...
I know this slightly in the legal realm but its unclear who owns the code if you put proprietary code on github or bitbucket in a private repository. From Bitbucket we have: By submitting public (non-private) Content to Avantlumiere for inclusion on your Website, you grant Avantlumiere a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exc...
Hello everyone, I was wondering if under the LGPL(v2.1) one could re-distribute a complete pre-compiled SDK that is linked to dynamically in my own project? Background: Qt is licensed under LGPL and many applications I develop are linking with it. More recently we created our own SDK that uses Qt. Now, other people may extend and write...
I need to make changes to an library licensed under Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL). The altered library will become part of the product that I'm working on. Item 3(C) in the license states: If you distribute any portion of the software, you must retain all copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices that are present in t...
Sorry, but I'm not understand how I can implement DeviceLimiter Interface. From references: "It requires that you provide a backend server to manage a users and devices mapping" This means that I have to implement and use my custom server that match DeviceID? How I can use this Interface? Thanks.... ...
Hi, I want to ask you if it is possible to build and run coded ui tests without Visual Studio 2010 Premium installed? Or can I just install Visual Studio 2010 Premium and use it command line without licensing? I know it works, but is the license ok with that? ...
I am developing web applications for various clients. I also have libraries that I use in multiply projects and I also incorporate BSD and other open source libraries. I am using PHP server side. I want to make the licensing clear both for my PHP and both for my JavaScript files, but at the same time I want to keep this simple, I want ...
I have a web based application that I charge monthly to businesses that allow them to build a website. I would like to use a GPL(version 2) component (PLUpload, which is a flash component) in my site builder that allows my clients to upload files. I don't mind sharing any changes I make to PLUpload, but I can't GPL my entire website co...
Hey guys, I figured out how to get real-time ("live" - EDIT: but delayed by 15 minutes) stock data from yahoo finance ...now the question is : is it legal to put the data on my website ...I want to build a stock ticker for my website ....would it be legal to do that using the real time data that yahoo provides ? Regards, HideYourLoveA...
I got a task to integrate a third-party API into our web application. It's fairy complex and I though that there might be some kind of wrapper in my language-of-choice to consume it. I found a library that does just what I need. The only catch is that it's under GPL. As far as I know GPL allows us to use the code on a server side withou...
I am going to be releasing something I recently created, and wanted to have the most flexibility. All I really want is attribution, but I also want the flexibility to change it later if I want - not that I will, but would rather have the option than not having it. Which should I chose? Also, do I have to do anything like submit it to ...
I just came across this article that mentions both Microsoft and Apple have banned all GPLv3 based code from their mobile "app store"-related sites. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/reviews/developer-tools/2010/09/27/windows-phone-7-developer-tools-a-first-look-40090296/ excerpt: "The one unfriendly part of the agreements you need to sign ...
After reading the Common Development & Distribution License (CDDL), it's unclear to me if I can sell/resell software that is licensed under CDDL. Meaning, if software XYZ is available for download and licensed under CDDL, can I: Rebrand the software and sell it as-is If I can sell it, if I modify the source code, do I have to contribu...
I'm looking to use the new licensing (LVL) stuff with Android Marketplace, but I'm running into a performance problem with the stock AESObfuscator. Specifically, the constructor takes several seconds to run on a device (pure agony on emulator). Since this code needs to run to even check for cached license responses, it puts a serious d...
I would like to develop applications using Oracle ADF Framework. How is the licensing? How much costs to develop and deploy applications to my customers with this amazing technology. ...
I want to run queries on my MySQL server through a C++ program that will be released to the public for free, but not under the GPL or any other open-source license. My first question is if I can use the MySQL Connector/C++ library in my application. If not, then what alternatives are there for me to use? ...
Lots of developers spend hours coding free and open Libraries. Avoiding entering the fairness or motivational issue for the sake of objectivity, what I would like to do is charge 1% of the profit of whoever use my Lib. I want people to be able to publish their app using my Lib, without asking me for permission or having to close a deal...