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I'm currently using Silverlight Bing Maps SDK for my project. I was just wondering is it possible to use SDK for free if my imagery (map images) come from OpenStreetMaps? Or in that matter, any other (free) map imagery provider.
You can use Bing Maps for free (whether you're using OpenStreetMap data or Bing Maps' own data) so long as you conform to http://www.microsoft.com/maps/product/terms.html
Assuming it's for a commercial application, this basically means that you're limited to 125,000 sessions or 500,000 transactions per year. Any more than that and you'll have to have a licence. These limits don't apply if you're an educational/not-profit user, although there are some other limits on volume of geocoding requests etc.
Note that, just because you're using OpenStreetMap data doesn't necessarily mean that you don't need a licence - loading the map control itself counts as a "transaction", so if you do this more than 500,000 times in a year you'll still need to be licensed if you're using it for commercial purposes.
If you're not sure, try emailing maplic#microsoft.com
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I was checking Azure plans (specifically Service App) and didn't understand well their prices. I just want to upload a simple MVC .Net Core App (And create a SQL Database instance also in Azure) for a friend of mine.
This App it's just to manage his customers and products. Could someone tell me a final price in dollars?
Thanks!
The answer would not be straight forward with a single figure. It is all around the compute power and storage (vPU, RAM, etc.) so it depends how many hours you would need these resources. This pricing calculator is useful to give some indication, but not sufficient unfortunately (saying this by experience).
However you can easily calculate based on the the compute power and plans you think may be suitable that are given in the following links:
App Service
SQL
You should consider General Purpose and Serverless for SQL in order to reduce the cost. This off course has it's disadvantages which should be a different topic to discuss. Also, buying a one or more years up front saves cost!
Beware that prices do change.
There are several factors you need to specify before you can find the cost. Like Region, OS, Tier etc. You can use Azure Pricing Calculator. Just search for service app, fill the details and you will know the expected price.
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I've got a small program which I'd like to offer online, either for free or for a small amount (£5/£10 perhaps). However it revolves around Bing translate. What would be the licensing position for that? Can't tell if it's free or not.
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You can look into the Bing API Terms of Use to see wether you can do with the Bing API results.
Accordingly with point 2 of the ToU failing to specify otherwise, you can use the Bing API for commercial purposes in your websites and applications:
2.- WHAT RIGHTS DO I HAVE? Solely to the extent that you are in compliance with all terms of this Agreement, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicenseable license to use the services to: enable your Website or application to obtain Bing results; make limited intermediate copies of the Bing results, solely as necessary to display them on your Website or application; and host and display Bing results on your Website or application. Your license to use the services is limited, however, to solely your Websites and applications. You are responsible for your own conduct and content while using the services and for any consequences of this use. All queries to the Bing services that you provide must be user initiated and refineable by the user.
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I seem to recall hearing at some point (I believe it was MIX09) that Microsoft has a licensing model of some sort where a business can consume licenses for up to two years, free of charge, until they reach a point where they are stable position and can pay their licensing at the end of two years. However, I can't find information regarding it online.
I want to say that possibly stackoverflow used this licensing model to kick start their site. Is anyone familiar with this?
In addition to BizSpark (as per #paul) there are also WebSpark and, as of May 2010, the developer MAPS programmes.
Webspark information is here: http://www.microsoft.com/web/websitespark/default.aspx
Details of the Action Pack (MAPS) are currently here: https://partner.microsoft.com/global/40132997
I'm fairly certain that in all cases availablility varies by your location - but if you're producing stuff for/with/on Microsoft tools/platforms then they're all worth a look.
You're thinking of BizSpark:
http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/
There is also the Empower program if you're an existing business, not a startup.
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This is more of a licencing issue than a code question. I really like the ckeditor editor and would like to use it in my freelance projects which I do for clients. However upon reading the license page it has me in a bit of a confusion. DO I have to buy licences if I intend to use this in cms websites that I build myself and hand over to clients?
If so then what are my alternate options which don't cost anything?
Its should be ok, if you don't change anything of its source, IMHO.
Integrating CKEditor in commercial
software, taking care of satisfying
the Open Source licenses terms, while
not able or interested on supporting
CKEditor and its development.
I am not a lawyer, but the dual licensing model would appear to not prevent you from using the open source licensed CKEditor in your cms / client projects, as long as the terms of the chosen license are met.
What you cannot do is sell, give away or otherwise distribute the editor to third parties without providing them with access to the source code and the license attached to the product.
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If I hosted NerdDinner and had google ad-sense would I be a commercial user of Bing Maps / Virtual Earth thus have licensing costs?
I've looked and found this question:
Virtual Earth or Google Maps
and the TOS: http://www.microsoft.com/maps/product/terms.html but neither answer my question..
I've found some articles that say as long as the site is free to use, then you fit into the non-commercial clause. But these articles are from 2006, sometimes refer to google maps, and often express confusion. I'd prefer some backup, rather than opinion if at all possible.
IANAL, but your best friend is careful reading of the MSFT Bing MFE TOS, which you've already linked to in your question.
I'd also send Microsoft an email asking whether they would consider that commercial, but I don't think what you're talking about is commercial. Per the TOS:
* Licensing or selling Applications that use or access the Service; or
* Offering goods or services for a fee through your Application, or promoting
locations at which such goods or services are offered.
is considered "commercial use".