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Questions tagged [licensing]

THIS TAG IS ONLY FOR PROGRAMMING LICENSING SERVICES. Questions about using software licenses are off-topic, but may be asked at opensource.stackexchange.com or law.stackexchange.com

A license defines the terms under which the copyright owner permits others to use their work.

On-topic

  • programming licensing servers
  • programming licensing clients
  • implementing consumption of license keys

Off-topic

  • Any licensing question where you did not write the licensing system. In other words, using licenses for other company's software (i.e. a Microsoft Windows license)

  • Legal advice on usage of licenses. You may be able to get an answer to such questions at OpenSource.SE (for questions about open-source licenses) or Law.SE; but check their help pages for more detailed guidance about acceptable topics and what to include in your question when posting there.

Disclaimer

The answers are NO legal advice and there's NO warranty! For a legally valid advice consult a lawyer or another legal advice.

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How do I find out what License has been applied to my SQL Server installation?

I have SQL Server 2008 installed, but I'm not sure what license was installed. Is there an easy way to find this out?
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What does "commercial use" exactly mean?

There is a lot of open source engines and software with different licences conditions. Most of them are non-free for commercial use. The question is what does "commercial use" exactly mean? Example: I have site where I propose paid service or…
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Is MS-PL (Microsoft Public License) code allowed in commercial product?

If someone wants to use parts of a code licensed under MS-PL and use it in a commercial product, is that allowed by MS-PL? What are the restrictions.
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Visual Studio licensing per user or per machine

I have been using VS2010 Pro from DreamSpark. I will shortly be joining a commercial organisation who will not be providing me with a VS license and as such I will need to purchase my own. Is Visual Studio licensed per user, per machine, or…
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How to prevent decompilation of any C# application

We are planning to develop a client server application using C# and MySQL. We plan to sell the product on the shelf like any other software utility. We are worried about the decompilation of our product which does have some sort of edge over our…
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Do you need License for OS (Windows) inside Docker

I am looking at creating a Docker (set) for applications that run on Windows. So, I need the Docker to have Windows OS. What license do I need for it? Or if I run the Docker on a Windows VM, does it make use of the same license from the Host?
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Does App Store accept Qt app linked with QT Library LGPLv3

There is any way to submit to the App Store an Qt Quick Controls application under LGPLv3 license without violating App Store rules? What i want to do is to deploy my app on iOS store using a dynamically linked version of the Qt libraries. I tried…
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End user licence agreement template

Somewhere in the web i found this version of EULA! You have no rights Please read carefully 1 So what is the best practice on creating the end user licence agreement? Visiting a laywer or searching and modifing a ready one generic template? Could…
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Can EPL (Eclipse Public Licence) be used in commercial context?

I'm developing an application which requires a third party framework which is under an Eclipse Public Licence (EPL). The application is a server-side commercial application which will be running on my servers. The EPL software is distributed as…
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How do I copy-protect my Java application?

I want to sell my Java application using PayPal. When a payment is received, the customer is mailed a one-time download link to my application. My question is, how do I prevent people from sending the .jar file to their friends/uploading it on the…
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Is the iTextSharp DLL free to use and redistribute with my web application project?

Is the iTextSharp DLL free to use and redistribute with my web application project which i will be selling?
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Is iText Java library free of charge or have any fees to be paid?

Are iText Java libraries to generate PDF documents free or do we have to pay for it?
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The difference between Free Software and Open Source Software

For quite a while, I thought that Free Software was Open Source Software. I've found out that this view is incorrect, and that Open Source Software is not necessarily Free Software. I honestly can't see any differences. What am I missing here? …
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Tool for licensing and protect my Delphi Win32 apps

I am looking a tool for protect and licensing my commercial software, Ideally must provide an SDK compatible with Delphi 7-2010, support AES encryption, Keys generator and capacity to create trial editions of my application. I am currently…
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MySQL Connectors and Licensing

It occured to me that the MySQL Connectors(Java and .NET) are GPL licensed. Does that mean vendors(not developing for inhouse apps) will have to purcase a commercial license for proprietary software talking to a MySQL database through these…
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