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WSO2 stack is built on top of eclipse equinox which is licensed under the eclipse public license (EPL 1.0).
If I build proprietary components that will only deploy in the WSO2 stack, what are the implications of the EPL for me? Do I need to provide anything with my binaries, for example attribution notices?
WSO2 code is under Apache 2.0 licence, and as stated here [1] Apache 2.0 is compatible with EPL so i do not believe this will be of any issue when working with WSO2 stack
[1] http://www.eclipse.org/legal/eplfaq.php#3RDPARTY
To add to Pulasthi's answer - while EPL is compatible with Apache license, changes to EPL-licensed code need to be contributed back. Apart from that, EPL is commercial friendly. So unless you do modifications to the Equinox code, there won't be problems building commercial software using it.
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I want to start making apps for Android and I want to know if I can start safely with free license and see if I can make some money with advertisements inside my apps. So my question is can I do that?
The Community License is free. It does not permit any form of
commercial use. Furthermore, the Community License allows you to
publish free apps on a public market place such as (but not limited
to) Google Play or SlideME.
It seems like kind of commercial use, but then again, the application would be free...
If the answer is no, would you recommend some other way of making apps that would be free? HTML5? Java with Eclipse?
Thanks in advance!
Ads inside your app is considered commercial so you would need the Pro license. You may start without ads with the community license. See how your audience grows and then move to the Pro license when you feel it pays off.
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Is it compatible with Apache License Version 2.0?
Though it have samples used Apache license, couldn't find any documentation of sdk which officially mentioned about the license.
Thanks.
The Java SDK code is hosted at http://code.google.com/p/google-api-java-client/
It is stated there as Apache 2.0
I think it is "Apache License, Version 2.0" only.
Read the terms for the same : https://developers.google.com/terms/
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I'm thinking about the usage of ikvm.net. While ikvm.net has a license which can be used by commercial applications, openjdk will be developed under GPL.
My question is due to the fact that ikvm.net is delivering an openjdk .net assembly does this effect the application which is going to use ikvm.net?
The following is my personal opinion and may be wrong. I am not a lawyer.
The license of the OpenJDK is GPL+linking exception and not simple GPL. This means you can write commercial application that based on OpenJDK. The writing of commercial application is the cause for the linking exception.
IKVM has also not the problems of Android because the license is not more free like a Apache license. The OpenJDK part is continue under the GPL+linking exception.
The larger problems are the patents. The patents for Java can only used if the TCK passed. IKVM does not pass the TCK. I think never has test it.
But the most patents are invalid. Thanks to Google. The most patents are more related to the VM self and not to the API. Things like Garbage Collection and Reflection are not part or IKVM. This are features of the .NET Framework.
In some weeks we will know more. If Android has no patents problems then IKVM has also no patents problems.
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According to carrot2 FAQ we should acknowledge project users about using Carrot2.
Can I use Carrot2 in a commercial project? Yes. The only requirement
is that you properly acknowledge the use of Carrot2 (on the project's
website and documentation) and let us know about your project. Please
also remember to read the license.
But we don't have and site or documentation because we are building closed project.
How can we integrate carrot2 in these circumstances?
I've revised the text on the license and FAQ pages to make the acknowledgment optional, but you still need to include Carrot2 license file in your binary distribution. A common practice is to put the license file next to the relevant JAR file.
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Is there an equivalent of Apache log4cxx that can be embedded in a distributed proprietary package?
The Apache license allows you to use this package in your product even if it is closed source and commercial. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_License
Alternatively take a look at log4cpp which is under LGPL.
Log4cplus is a nice alternative.
In its production release 1.0.4 it misses AsyncAppender, but that is present in the coming 1.1 (I don't know when that is released).
We just switched from log4cxx to log4cplus since log4cxx depends on libapr/libaprutil (nice Apache 2 license) which on my Ubuntu 10.04 again depends on libdb4.8.so. The license for libdb4.8 not fit closed source commercial applications without buying a license from Oracle. From /usr/share/doc/libdb4.8/copyright:
... For a license to use the Berkeley DB software under conditions
other than those described here, or to purchase support for this software,
please contact Oracle at berkeleydb-info_us#oracle.com.
...(some more text)
3. Redistributions in any form must be accompanied by information on
how to obtain complete source code for the DB software and any
accompanying software that uses the DB software. ...