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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 …

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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 …

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ModelSim-Altera error

I'm using Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS with Altera Quartus 15.0 web-edition and I'm having a hard time simulate my design due to …

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How do you manage software serial keys, licenses, etc?

My company is trying to find a tool that will track serial keys for software we have purchased (such as …

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GPL copyright notice when contributing new files

How do I go about writing a GPL copyright notice when contributing new files rather than modifying a file? In …

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Difference between iTextSharp 4.1.6 and 5.x versions

We are developing a Pdf parser to be used along with our system. The requirement is such that, we store …

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Is it possible to use CKEditor in commercial web site?

I plan to use CKEditor in commercial site. I've read http://ckeditor.com/license but I didn't understand how it …

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Should I provide a LICENSE.txt or COPYING.txt file in my project?

Does it matter? Should I use one or the other? Or both, even? Can the license file be any name? (…

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Can pip (or setuptools, distribute etc...) list the license used by each installed package?

I'm trying to audit a Python project with a large number of dependencies and while I can manually look up …

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Is there a chart of which OSS License is compatible with which?

I have a fairly good understanding of individual OSS licenses, but I always have trouble when I want to use …

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