Open-Source and Free Software

Re: What License To Use?....

cedcoffice — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:24:20 GMT

What license is "SomeBuilder" released under?

EDIT: previous comment makes sense. I didn't realize that "SomeBuilder" was also built by you, I thought it was an external package you were using.

Re: What License To Use?....

djanke — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:00:46 GMT

Release "SomeBuilder" as freeware, allowing people to use the tools/API/whatever as part of other applications. Freeware was designed to allow people to use/distribute a closed-source program. Shareware or donationware licenses would also work, but they include the expectation that the programmer (you) should get money.

There's no standard freeware license, but you can find many examples by Googling

There shouldn't be any license compatibility issues, since the derivative program is the one that's GPL'd.

Re: What License To Use?....

shipley.c — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:44:33 GMT

Interesting - I have rudimentary exposure to open source licensing. I do believe what you are talking about is entirely possible however. Take a look at DOT NET Nuke - its based on Dot Net (not open source) but is open source itself. I don't think they use the GPL. Maybe try looking at the [ Open Source Initiative ] site for more help with this. Or just copy the license that dotnetnuke is using.

What License To Use?....

jbbeam — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:52:38 GMT

We will be releasing a new open source project but we are having trouble trying to determine what license to use. I am hoping someone can help here.

Lets say I have an application I created called "RunFree". I would like to distribute this using some form of the GPL license. Of course all the source is delivered etc. However, let say "RunFree" is built using "SomeBuilder". "SomeBuilder" is necessary to alter the application "RunFree". When I distribute "RunFree" it comes with a copy of "SomeBuilder" which contains all the tools and libraries you need to modify and enhance "RunFree". You can even redistribute "SomeBuilder" with your modified version of "RunFree". However I cannot release "someBuilder" under the GPL.

So my question is, is it possible to have this scenario where the "RunFree" application can be under the GPL but not the tools even though they are included? Hopefully that makes sense.