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viewsHow does software licensing work in Brazil?
What is important to know before licensing a computer program in Brazil? I really need to use a license? What is and how the free software system works?
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viewsHow does the licensing of Open-Source programs work?
I’ve searched a lot on Google but never found a good explanation for how to make open-source programs. I like programming a lot in Java and Python and I wanted to develop some open program with…
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viewsCode plagiarism
In the academic world, plagiarism and referencing are taken seriously. And when it comes to our intellectual creation, to what extent would it be plagiarism to copy and paste snippets of another…
licenseasked 9 years, 4 months ago DaviAragao 2,912 -
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viewsCan Visual Studio Community be used in commercial projects?
I read this week that there is now an edition of VS called Visual Studio Community. Already has the 2013 version to download and will have the 2015 as soon as it comes out. From what I was reading,…
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answers3477
viewsApplying licenses to Github
I have applications on Github (public repository) and would like to know if it is possible to license repositories, and if there is any software license that: Ensure that I am the author of the…
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viewsCan I use MIT along with GPL?
There are several software licenses around the world, but I have come across a problem that may sometimes even reach the level legal. And that wouldn’t be very good for my project. My software is…
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answer3096
viewsHow to place authorship using MIT license
According to the MIT license I have to put the copyright and where? Or I do not need to put? MIT license The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2014-2015 almasaeed2010 Permission is hereby granted,…
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answer180
viewsLaw on the code
Let’s imagine the following hypothetical scenario: Company X hires a freelance to develop a system, does freelance have a right over the code? For example, if the freelance wants to sell the system…
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answer2987
viewsCan I sell a product by-product under the Apache License 2.0?
I’m working on a project with Opencart (as freelancer) and need to use a certain extension, but the extension is outdated (compared to Opencart) and licensed under Apache 2.0. So I was thinking of…
licenseasked 9 years, 5 months ago KaduAmaral 11,472 -
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viewsCan I market software that uses a GPL license?
First of all, I must say that I am not making use of a Software under the GPL license, but of a package where the original source code was not changed, and I use only the generated DLL. Let’s say I…
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viewsCopyright and crack
Cracking a software is illegal, everyone already knows. But I would like to know the following: Is it illegal to use/distribute/create an old cracked product? One that is not even sold by the…
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viewsWhat are the currently adopted software licenses, and what is their most suitable use?
I can say that I matured as a professional in the GNU era, when the GPL Software License was being matured and widely adopted for use with open and free software, but in the present times (in the…
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answer596
viewsHow does software licensing work?
I’ve searched a lot on Google but I couldn’t find an answer that made everything clear. Suppose I have a home project and publish this code in a very famous repository, like the Github. And he’s…
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viewsLicensing: How to deal with date/local time tampering of a computer?
I am developing an application (Desktop) that requires license renewal periodically, following a model Saas. The model of the licence shall function as follows:: The license will be downloaded from…
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viewsWhat is the function of an open-source license? What are the main licenses?
I have researched and found little content in Portuguese on this, I do not know if I am looking for the right term for not knowing much of the subject. I have some questions about software licenses…
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viewsShould license comments on CSS or Javascript files be maintained or not?
This question arises when I finalize a mechanism to realize a Bundle of CSS and JS files with consequent cache. In many projects we all use mechanisms that allow reducing the size of CSS and JS…
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viewsWhat is Copyright really?
I use the MIT license and it has this format as an example in https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT: The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders> Permission is ... I also…
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answers396
viewsLicensing of Indie Games
I can sell games made in Blender without worrying about licenses?
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answer1209
viewsSoftware license registration file issuance and control
I have a system to control and issue electronic license registration files, so I have control of how many machines my software can run. My teacher advised me to use the CPUID processor to validate…
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answer1262
viewsWhat are the limitations of the free Visual Studio Online license?
On the Visual Studio Online website there is a free account option. It says that this account offers the following benefits: 5 basic user licenses FREE Unlimited participants Unlimited qualified…
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viewsCompatibility, legality and possible problems with the open source license change
I made Fork of a free code software currently available under the LPG V2. Such a license has some obstacles, so I’m looking for ways to update the fruit of Fork to be more "fair". The fruit product…
licenseasked 9 years, 8 months ago Bruno César 5,450 -
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viewsDoubt about the Apache version 2.0 license
I am developing an app with Cordova, the app can be downloaded free of charge, only some internal features will have some cost. I needed to use this plugin…
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viewsHow to add the WTFPL license to my project?
I have a project that will have free distribution, change, copy and whatever else comes up, and I saw that there is a license WTFPL that works that way. In your site we have the text template to be…
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viewstranslate GPL when distributing softtware in Brazil
As I intend to distribute some utilities of mine, I have these doubts: The English version of the GPL is valid in non-English-speaking countries ? I need to translate the GPL by including it in my…
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viewsYou can distribute program with GPL License along with GPL
I believe this is part of our scope (penultimate item). My question is this:: If I create a program (Graphical Interface) that communicates (dynamically) with a GPL program, I could distribute the…
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viewsShaman is completely free?
Can anyone say if at any time it is necessary to pay for using Xamarin? If even developing free apps it is necessary to pay? If you are an app that is part of a service, but the app is free, you…
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answer343
viewsHow to reference the original software in a modification?
I am creating a package for Laravel based on code that uses the BSD license (https://github.com/reactjs/react-php-v8js/blob/master/ReactJS.php). How exactly should I reference it? Should I keep the…
licenseasked 10 years, 3 months ago Luís Henrique Faria 582 -
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viewsLicensing of a Software
I am developing a system that uses Apache server, Laravel, Mysql etc. Well, I would like to license this system, and my question is whether I can do this and if so, what kind of license should I…
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viewsHow to refer to the copyright of the Pdfsharp tool under the MIT license?
I need to make a program in C# that generates a PDF report. For this, I am using the Pdfsharp, which is under the MIT license. In this case, where should I put the reference to the Pdfsharp license?…
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viewsHow to create code to license monthly my customers?
I need to make a code for license to use, for example: My customers pay monthly for use of our system, but these customers have the application installed locally in their companies. I need it…
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answer812
viewsLicensing of programs made in Python
Because it is an open programming language, will any software created from it be opened? Or it is also possible to develop closed operating systems?
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viewsMake a new framework based on another open source with GPL license
I want to use parts of a open source framework made available on Github under a GPL license. I will upload my code on Github and also under the GPL license. At the end of my framework, want to do…
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answer1287
viewsWhich license to choose, MIT, Apache, GPL?
I am developing an application in PHP, I want to release it so that, anyone can download the code, improve or even build derived solutions... These people will be able to sell the final product…
licenseasked 8 years, 2 months ago Fábio Jânio 3,407 -
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viewsUsing Gplv3 tool "contaminates" my application?
I am in a project where I will use Sqlite as a database in a commercial application with rights reserved. So far, so good, since Sqlite is in the public domain and for this reason can be changed…
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viewsSoftware Licenses
I have the following doubt regarding the use of software licenses. Today how it is done and how it is most used to create licenses to use a software, highlighting that I have an application…
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answer772
viewsApp removed from playstore for violating section 4.4 of the developer’s distribution agreement
I recently sent an app to the playstore and it was working normally since last week. I got thousands of users, everything was wonderful, until today google, just like that, without me having done an…
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answer193
viewsHow to create a commercial game using ready-made models in Unity without violating copyright?
I will create a paid game using Unity 5, but I will use ready and free templates for this. I will have to pay or put the name of the models developers in the game or I can use without copyright…
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viewsImplementation of software license
Searching a few on the forums, I decided to ask this question to see how developers perform a software license. For example, when you develop software, how do you control the use of it to prevent…
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answers399
viewsDoubts about licenses
All programs made in "such" programming language are free to market? and regarding C# and javascript?
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answer407
viewsHow to get the date of a server instead of a local server?
I made the following form of license con.executaSql("select *from vencimento"); con.rs.last(); SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyyyy"); Date hoje = new Date(); String dataAtual =…
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viewsSoftware license in Visual Studio
Commercializing software made in C# using WF or WPF autonomously requires some kind of specific license (I must pay for some version of VS to develop) or I can simply develop and market?
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viewsFree DB for distribution together with commercial application
I had been reading certain licenses of some SGBD software along with the BD itself and a very confusing doubt arose. The Mariadb (Free version) it is open-source, but I could distribute it, along…
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viewsAm I required to deliver my source code if I use gpl library?
If I use some gpl libraries in my source code and write my entire application, but using some libraries for some specific functions of my system I have to deliver the source code of my entire…
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viewsHow does the Highcharts License work?
I am developing an intranet for a company that is my client. For now it is only a prototype, only in the future will be marketed. On this intranet there are interactive graphics whose codes come…
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viewsHow do I validate access to an API for only the licensed domain?
I’m looking for original ideas on how to validate access to a php API for only the domain that paid for the license, since SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] unreliable. I created a json activation key and…
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viewsLicensing of Mysql
I’m starting to develop a system that will run on Android, Web and Windows. The 3 versions should talk to each other and the three versions will have the same functions will be a port of the same…
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viewsSoftware that needs license for commercial use
At XYZ the software Inforapid Search & Replace was downloaded to use in the IT department for when, for example, it is necessary to change the same line of code in several sources of the…
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viewsIs it possible to count license validation days without depending on the system date?
I’m new to the programming world. With the help of some tutorials, I was able to build an application for school management. Also with the help of the Javaplugados channel I was able to build a…
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viewsHow to add license for my python application?
I’m having a problem. This problem is "How to create a license for my software". Suppose this is my license key - 12345YW When the user enters this license key, the software should allow him to use…
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viewsSystem for legalized market
I have developed a system for the market that can be used for the shop too, I would like to know what to do to make the system legalized. I have to register? I have to go to SEFAZ? Which document…