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Should I obtain a licence from Oracle before developing Java software? [duplicate]
Should I obtain a licence from Oracle before developing Java software? I'm in the preliminary planning stages of developing a server on top of the the Hadoop/Java platforms.
I'm not much at all ...
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MorphAdorner Licensing confusion
I want to use the MorphAdorner library available free for commercial use. But it uses several other libraries that restrict commercial use (like Gate etc). Can I use this library in my application?
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How to comply with the Java ASM License?
I am designing an open source Java library that I will likely release with an MIT license, and its sole dependency is the ASM dynamic bytecode injection library.
According to their license:
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Copyright/General Law for Publishing Online Software
I'm planning on releasing a program I made, but I'm not sure exactly how to ensure people don't just steal it. The price point is $1, but I'm not selling it through an "app store" or anything so I ...
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Software Licensing Particulars
I have spent a lot of time examining the various (major) software licenses and ultimately have decided upon using the MIT Licenses for my open source projects, and the Microsoft Reference License ...
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Oracle has some very helpful and free code…I think
I found that some of the code that Oracle uses is very useful so I don't have to re-invent the wheel.
Given this is at the top of the file where the code in question is:
/*
* Copyright (c) 1997, ...
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Software licenses in practice
Almost all questions and information on both SO and "Google" describes how different licenses works and what license to choose for your work?
But how do they work in reality.
Almost everyone I have ...
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Java: legal issues related to writing a commercial app in Java
I developed scientific software for use in my own scientific research. I am considering porting it to another language such as Java, and releasing a closed-source, commercial version of it for sale. ...
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Legal aspects of Java specification implementations in other programming languages
I am planning to implement an official Java specification in a different programming language. Would this be a copyright violation?
Hypothetical examples:
a JMX "wrapper" library for C++ which can ...
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AGPL-compatible license
I am using a java library licensed under AGPL3.
However, I would like to license my own work as BSD, such that my code could then be integrated in proprietary projects if one strips the library. Will ...
