How to efficiently protect part of an application with a license
I am working on an application that has many functional parts.
What are some general guidelines for setting up an iOS project I will want to personally publish but sell in the future? [closed]
Closed 10 years ago.
Legally, can I re reuse code for different customers? [closed]
Closed 12 years ago.
How to copyright and license individual code files
I have a habit of writing small, reusable components in my spare time. I reuse these components with my clients’ code bases. It occurs to me there’s a potential issue that using identical code for multiple clients may bite me back in the future. I don’t care who uses the code. I just don’t want a situation where one company tries to sue another for copyright infringement due to my actions.
Switching licenses, or cross licensing existing GNU GPL v3 software
I’m in the process of making a fork of GNU coreutils with a range of modifications. I’d like to release the result as an open-source project, but I’m not so much of a fan of GNU GPL as a license.
GPL licensed software installed on commercial hardware
Do vendors need to provide sources, at the customer’s request, for GPL licensed software installed on the hardware they sell?
is Java free for mobile development? [duplicate]
..”General Purpose Desktop Computers and Servers” means computers, including desktop and laptop computers, or servers, used for general computing functions under end user control (such as but not specifically limited to email, general purpose Internet browsing, and office suite productivity tools). The use of Software in systems and solutions that provide dedicated functionality (other than as mentioned above) or designed for use in embedded or function-specific software applications, for example but not limited to: Software embedded in or bundled with industrial control systems, wireless mobile telephones, wireless handheld devices, netbooks, kiosks, TV/STB, Blu-ray Disc devices, telematics and network control switching equipment, printers and storage management systems, and other related systems are excluded from this definition and not licensed under this Agreement…
Unicode license
The Unicode Terms of Use state that any software that uses their data files (or a modification of them) should carry the Unicode license references. It seems to me that most Unicode libraries have functions to check whether a character is a digit, a letter, a symbol, etc., and so will contain a modification of the Unicode Data Files (usually in the form of tables). Does that mean the license applies and all applications that use such Unicode libraries should carry the license?
Licensing code under GPL: are revisions prior to adding GPL license still GPLed?
Suppose I have an already existing codebase which does not have any license headers in any of the source files, nor does it have COPYING file.
Is the creator of a piece of software bound by the license he gives it?
For example, if a person creates an application that they open-source under a license that says you can use this code but you cannot sell it, has that person just bound himself to not selling it now as well?