I've been thinking about integrating a wiki into my web-application. Currently I'm testing MediaWiki API (web-services interface), but my intended usage will most likely conflict with the GPL license. Some parts of my web-application is closed source. Does anyone have good experiences or recommendations for a Wiki (with BSD-license or s...
I've been looking at some OSX applications, and I noticed they all seem to have a similar (and slick) inbox purchase experience. Is there a third party thats providing this? If one wanted to implement it in ones own OS X application, where would one go? Examples include delicious library, things, the hit list, and coda. ...
Hi, Can I use MySql GUI Tools (like Query browser) for developing commercial application. I am not distributing these tool with my application and not any their libraries. These tools come under GNU license. Regards, KK ...
I've been tasked with investigating licence server vendors. (Note: licence servers, or "key servers", are a type of "software copy protection" wherein copies of software deployed to a site call a central licence server to see if they're allowed to run. This is more than just a licence key generation/verification algorithm!) We need a l...
Im going to release some of my private java projects as opensource. I want everyone to be free do whatever he wants with the code. So i will be using ASL or BSD licence.Which steps are neccessary to apply the licence to my project ? ...
For creative-commons licensing (not good for code) there is this page http://creativecommons.org/license/ which can be used to assist in choosing a license is there something like this for GPL/BSD/APACHE/ect? ...
Years ago I released a program called Banshee Screamer Alarm and at the time it included the full source code, "for educational purposes only." You couldn't extend it to make your own version, but you could learn from it. It actually helped somebody fix a bug in wine. If I release more software like this (open source, but copyrighted an...
There have been a few timely posts about IP security and the like, but none that I can find that specifically address an algorithm. In one of my current projects, we've decided to go the route of an offline registration key system. I imagine most of our eventual user base will be honest, so I don't think we have too much to worry about....
Hi, Leave some thoughts about what are all the positive and negative things to use LGPL QT for commercial applications. ...
I'm new to using open source libraries in production code so when it says replicate this license or whatever what is the proper way of doing it? With desktop software is providing a readme somewhere good enough? What about for a website? ...
Hi, I am about to deliver an Adobe AIR app to a customer. But it's my first delivery of any sort, i.e. I have no experience whatsoever with licensing etc. Users of this app may or may not be online, so can't count on that. In fact it's 99% sure that they will be offline. Nor do I expect them to very tech-savvy, who will spend enough t...
The question is: will me license (Keys) for Windows server 2003 still work after the subscription is closed on a new install? It's not volume license. My windows XP still works on my computer it was installed while i had the subscription. I saved an xml file with all the keys so i still got them and was wondering if they work on new in...
Book, website, or whitepaper. Thanks in advance. ...
I want to reuse some code licensed under a BSD license but I don't know how to make it clear what I wrote, what I have reused and what I have modified. Say the project I want to reuse code from has the following directory structure: project/ |-- LICENSE.txt |-- module1/ | |-- file1.c | |-- file2.c | `-- file3.c |-- module2/ `-- m...
Hi. Where do the reference to other softwares that my software uses(and I shipped with) and their authors? Here is the scenario. I have this software done by the technology department of my college(IGRAFU). The software uses other softwares made by other individuals and institutions(Like Phyml and Hypertree). They are all open source an...
I have very little experience with licensing issues. Let's say I'm developing an application for .NET 2.0. Is it OK to use (and distribute) some .NET 3.5 DLL's with my application? For example, could I just copy "System.Core.dll" in my setup to the client's machine? Or could I even just extract some class (e.g. using Reflector), put its...
A bit of background: Earlier today I downloaded an EDI library in Java that is licensed under the GPL. The GPL is no good to me, as I need to sell the application I'm working on (I like eating and having a house :) ), so I can't use this library as I can't open source my entire application. However, I like what the guy who wrote it has ...
Does the use of subscriptions in Reporting Services 2005 require special licensing? ...
Hi, We have a successful desktop - Client server based .net Product (vb.net/Sql server). We have it wrapped with licensing activation etc to protect it from unauthorised installations. Now we are planning to work on a asp.net based enterprise product. We'll use the required coding practices of light UI, dlls for code-behind etc. But i...
I'm always having a hard time deciding whether or not to use 3rd party libraries in commercial applications. For some reason it scares me a bit. If I use an opensource library is there a risk of being sued because something is wrong with the license? Are there any other pitfalls? What if I think it is the best to use some library and I t...