redistribution

Should I worry about redistributing .NET runtime with my application?

I would like to avoid redistributing .NET runtime if possible with my application since it will increase the size of the application, download time, development time & will possibly introduce many different deployment errors. Does Microsoft force users to update .NET runtime via Windows update? If not, what are some of the options to red...

Redistributing jetty

I need to redistribute my software with jetty-6.1.19.zip from Jetty site. Am I allowed to remove from this zip all unnecessary cruft (docs, samples, etc.) and than redistribute such a modified package ? Software is a proprietary based. ...

Legal text for tranferring ownership of code

I worked on a small prototype for a client. As part of the delivery I need to transfer copyright and full rights to reuse and redistribute the code that I have written. I found some text to transfer ownership of images and videos on Google, but I need something specific to code written. The work was produced in New Hampshire, United S...

How do i add media files/folder to a winform app .NET

I am making an example app of a game. I have a folder i set as the current directory from within visual studios which includes pngs,ogg,config.json,etc. When i 'publish' these files are not included. How do i properly add a media files/folders into the project? ...

Windows redistribution licensing for virtual demos

What are the license restrictions surrounding the redistribution of Windows OSes as part of virtual demos? I am looking to make available demo versions of my software as already installed and configured on a VHD (or whatever the VMWare equivalent is). I was told that this is not possible because MS does not allow the Windows OS to be re...

Using Fluent NHibernate in commercial application

I want to use Fluent NHibernate in commercial desktop application, and I'm little concerned about the licensing. I've downloaded Fluent NHibernate precompiled binaries, and it contains this list of files: Antlr3.Runtime.dll Castle.Core.dll Castle.DynamicProxy2.dll FluentNHibernate.dll Iesi.Collections.dll log...

Reverse engineering and redistributing code from .NET Framework

Once or twice I have been running into the following issue: Classes I want to reuse in my applications (and possibly redistribute) exist in the .NET Framework assemblies, but are marked internal or private. So it is impossible to reuse them directly. One way is to disassemble them, pick the pieces you need, put them in a different name...

Is there a Software License for free use closed source?

Is anyone aware of an existing license that meets these conditions? The web-based software is free to use and anyone may link to it. The software must be purchased for off-line use without redistribution. The source code may be purchased for an fee. The software may be licensed for offline redistribution for an annual fee. I have a ...