License Questions

I've created a fairly successful iOS app that sells for $9.99 in the App store. It brings in about 75k per year and has been featured twice by Apple since launch. In the past few months, three...

Software License Business

asked Oct 11 '11 at 16:29

John
16 points

I am interested in opening a taxi-like business where a passenger can order a taxi by phone (or through mobile app). I do not live in US now and the search has not yielded any answers to me. So...

License

asked Oct 11 '11 at 20:54

Neu
1 point

Component vendors like Syncfusion and Infragistics often make source code available to their customers (at an additional fee). Some benefits of this would appear to be: Enable customers to make...

Pricing License Legal

asked Oct 13 '11 at 07:09

Paul Stovell
204 points

If I create a web service and the web service uses a desktop program that I bought to generate the output, will I violate the license of that program? the web service will be used by the clients....

License

asked Oct 2 '11 at 23:51

Ryan
147 points

I have a brand new website for easy sharing of music. The files are intended to be copyright free (home recordings, podcasts etc). The system though could easily be used for music which does have...

License Copyright Music

asked Sep 16 '11 at 22:27

Max San
108 points

I am outsourcing development and design of a website and the vendor plans on using a control suite that requires a license. He claims to have a registered version and has a license to use it. As a...

License

asked Sep 2 '11 at 08:33

User3462
345 points

I am creating an ecommerce site that sells products all across the country. I am based in Ohio and so is the company. I want to know what vendor's licenses that I need to acquire to start selling...

Ecommerce License Vendors USA

asked Aug 14 '11 at 06:16

User889115
13 points

Our company wants to use MySQL for one software product, and our product is not open-source. Is it legal to use it freely? If not, how about PostgreSQL? Is this okay for our purpose?

License Open Source

asked Jul 18 '11 at 13:31

Josh Morrison
102 points

I am thinking on working on an ERP system that I can sell or support on it. Currently, I have OpenERP and Tryton in my mind. Based on the comparison done on Wikipedia and other website, I was...

License Business Community Open Source

asked Jul 21 '11 at 10:38

Johan Sja
108 points

I built an electronic version of a popular board game. I got some good responses on avoiding legal issues, but I went ahead and built it anyway, keeping it private for obvious reasons. Everyone who...

License Legal Copyright Trademark Web App

asked Apr 23 '11 at 22:49

Pate
306 points

We struggling for years with the best way to license our software and see two options: A) Minor service updates are free-of-charge and we only charge for each upgrade to a major new version that...

License

asked Jan 1 '11 at 21:40

Droplet
56 points

I'm negotiating a B2B licensing deal for some technology. I typically license it as a managed service, and don't share code, because I want to protect trade secrets. A new potential client is...

License Open Source Licensing SLA

asked Dec 3 '10 at 12:21

John
96 points

We are a small shop that have developed a platform for developing applications that can run both in the cloud and on premise, A PAAS offering. You could compare it to Microsoft XRM or Salesforce -...

License

asked Dec 11 '10 at 05:47

Fredrik Tonn
40 points

I'm planning on using MojoPortal CMS to make websites for clients. They offer this addon called Form Wizard Pro with three different license. I want a license so I can use in multiple deployment....

License Website

asked Nov 14 '10 at 14:09

Shawn Mclean
220 points

We assign a laptop and a desktop to our workers. Can 1 license of both windows and developer tools be used on both?

License

asked Oct 25 '10 at 08:54

Shawn Mclean
220 points

My commercial software is using some code source licensed under LGPL or MIT. How and where should I mention this? Is it mandatory?

Software License

asked Nov 4 '10 at 21:29

Tom
23 points

It's interesting how an open source product has a commercial version, nice business strategy to get market penetration! How did Magento create an commercial Enterprise version when magento is open...

Software License Open Source

asked Oct 19 '10 at 01:04

Blankman
131 points

I have an accounting degree from New Zealand (many years ago!) but have never used it as a qualified accountant here in California just as a business consultant. I want to get my CPA license and...

License Accounting

asked Jul 23 '10 at 08:07

Roginla
88 points

How do you feel about giving away free licenses (original price: $2000 ) to universities, charities and open source projects of your software to spread the word? Is it a good idea? Shall we...

Marketing Sales Software License

asked Dec 20 '09 at 00:13

The Dictator
2,305 points

We built a consumer facing web app and have been growing our user base by iterating on the product for a little over a year. A large media company has inquired about licensing our technology to...

Pricing License

asked Jan 5 '10 at 16:42

Rtc
41 points