License Questions


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Looking for payment system with licensing (key delivering) for .NET software

I developed .NET application and planning to sell it on monthly/yearly subscription plans. At first I found that Plimus has licensing system and everything else that I need, but when I finally...

asked Jun 24 '11 at 23:59
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Miki22
31 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.18K Views
Partnering with an established company on a revenue sharing basis

I have been building a web service over the last year, and I have recently been in discussions with an established international company, on customising and licensing my web service to sell to a...

asked Oct 14 '13 at 13:24
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Evil Raat
116 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.4K Views
Licensing inactive units

In an HRIS (human resources) application there are active and inactive employees - the inactive need to be kept for legal reasons but also for application effectiveness as employee id is used as a...

asked Sep 16 '13 at 19:35
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Bhttoan
735 points

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3 Answers
2.54K Views
Take donations as payment for software license keys

I was wondering if it is legal to offer a free software with limitations, then offer to give different license keys for donations. In this case, it is a software for file uploads to different...

asked Aug 16 '13 at 21:24
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Sarah Crane
1 point

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1 Answers
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What are the required licenses for an e-commerce website branch?

I am planning to start a branch of my friend's e-commerce website (based in India). I am a USA green card holder, and I want to open a branch in Chicago so that I can trade all across the US. Can...

asked Jul 20 '13 at 09:32
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Speedy
1 point

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1 Answers
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Is dominoes game public domain

I'm contemplating writing an Android version of the dominoes game which I'll release in Google Play and I wondered if there's a chance of committing a copyright infringement by doing so. I did a...

asked May 27 '13 at 14:49
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Asenovm
106 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.02K Views
Software Company Drops Our Company From Service

We have a contact with a software company that is becoming a hot issue -- it's renewal time. The contract allows the 3rd party to drop us at will after we've paid our licensing fees for 5 years...

asked Apr 27 '13 at 03:10
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Snake Doc
179 points

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2 Answers
2.41K Views
Explaining my software license to customers/users

My software comes with the standard Apache 2.0 License which covers our bases pretty well while providing flexibility for us and our customers to use/modify the software to their needs. I have...

asked Apr 18 '13 at 01:34
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Snake Doc
179 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
2.59K Views
How to license closed source free-ware application for distribution to the public?

I have created a small application/tool, and I would like to release it to the public under those conditions: It is free. (donations are welcome) It is closed source. In the future, I might...

asked Mar 11 '13 at 10:51
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Sharp12345
113 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.23K Views
CC Attribution license

I'm developing an app for android, I found an icon that I would like to use, the icon is licensed under the CC Attribution 3.0 Unported license, which says that I can freely use it for commercial...

asked Feb 7 '13 at 18:49
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Animaonline
113 points

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1 Answers
2.43K Views
FLOSS licensing: should I force copyleft notice in footer?

I'm developing a fairly large web-application with a public-facing JSON REST API, mobile apps for every platform (using AngularJS with Apache Cordova) and specialised e-commerce configurable by...

asked Oct 22 '12 at 19:03
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Stackoverflowuser95
6 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.31K Views
License for open-source project that I'd like to earn money from

I had an idea some time ago for a website. After much coding and banging out the idea, I've got it to a decent stage. If I were someone else, potentially a more commercially-minded person, I might...

asked Aug 18 '12 at 13:09
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Owen Versteeg
11 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
2.06K Views
Pitfalls for Licensees?

I am an inventor looking to license my technology from the organisation where I developed it (with potential for assignment). Please advise on the potential pitfalls of an exclusive license deal...

asked Jul 31 '12 at 22:12
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Jjj
11 points

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2 Answers
3.19K Views
Terms and Conditions for a Meetup.com-style network?

I am about to open up registrations to my open-source meetup.com alternative, but am worried about the legal side. What sort of things should I put in the Terms and Conditions, and do I need them...

asked Aug 3 '12 at 21:44
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Samuel Marks
3 points

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1 Answers
2.66K Views
Startup Enterprise Software License Agreement for the UK

I've been searching the valuable info in the posts and most suggest to use a lawyer to get a license agreement, especially for the enterprise software we've developed. It's costed by the number of...

asked Jul 4 '12 at 18:33
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Bill
1 point

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.26K Views
License model for University/Colleges

We have a product that is sold to schools as a site license. It is used by teachers and students alike. We found that entry was a lot easier when the purchasing process was perceived as simple and...

asked Jun 8 '12 at 08:54
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Jez
6 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.24K Views
Legality of usage of Competitor's Scripting Language

We have a software which supports scripting. One of our main competitors has a software which works in the same way. I wonder if it is legal for our software to support their properiatery...

asked Jun 11 '12 at 17:36
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Noway
192 points

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1 Answers
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Copyrights when selling e-services

I run a limited company in the UK, and when I sell on-line services and digitalised goods to people around the European Union for their personal use, the place of supply is always the UK and I'm...

asked Apr 17 '12 at 22:20
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Lukeshek
452 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.29K Views
Having a license to your product instead of owning it?

Contracted a developer to build a product. Contract was and we were halfway through the project before we had it in hand (realized mistake there, moving on....) We were under the impression that we...

asked Jan 6 '12 at 10:54
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Eric Littleton
107 points

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2 Answers
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Do you need a license to operate a bus/minibus in California?

I would like to provide a minibus service: a customer makes an order through a web page and a minibus picks this customer up to ride him anywhere he wants. The payment is done by a credit card on...

asked Oct 15 '11 at 20:57
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User13862
4 points