Questions tagged [free-software]
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Strategy for offering a library both a single-header and as a header + compiled implementation
I am maintaining a FOSS library which, for the sake of discussion, consists of a small .h file and a larger .c file (plus build-related files, see below) I've been requested to offer this library as a ...
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How do companies ensure that a commercial license for their Framework is used?
I was wondering how does a Company make sure that a Commercial License was purchased for a Framework they are providing? For Example Qt is a Framework for C++ and it can be downloaded and used ...
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Data lake architecture / design when have only few TB of data, but want to use certain Hadoop-like components (sqoop, data cataloging, and gov)?
Currently have situation between having not much data (mid single-digit to low double-digit TBs (not per data set mind you, but the average total amount)), but desiring tools similar to those that ...
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How exactly does someone make money from free software? And how do programs compete with websites?
I always wanted to create software but was not really into websites.I see that popular programs(such as skype) don't make as much money as popular websites(such as facebook,twitter etc.). Is this ...
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Microsoft or Open Source? [closed]
Why do some companies prefer private Microsoft solutions when in the majority of cases there are open source solutions or free software for them? What does Microsoft offer that the open sourece or ...
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Why is UML not used in most free software (e.g. on Linux)?
I'm trying to understand why UML is not used in most free software projects. For example, my Debian/Linux system has probably more than ten thousand free software packages, and I cannot name even one ...
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Is wrapping a command-line tool (wget, curl) a "good" practice?
I have a background in .NET, specifically in C# WPF and ASP.Net, but now I am going to use more golang and C. Consider the following situation as an example: The software I should program should ...
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Does using the Telegram API mandate releasing the source code under a GPL license? [closed]
Telegram has provided API, through which programmers can connect to telegram servers, enabling them to implement clients for the messaging system. They also have released some open source client ...
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Is it actually possible (practically) to sell Open Source software? [duplicate]
Open source software can be used for commercial purposes. It is said that You can even sell Open Source software. How does this work? If I sell my open-source product (copyleft or permissive), ...
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Working on Free Software [closed]
My main experience is with iOS, but I'd like to move into writing free and open source software instead. Are there many jobs out there that allow you to work on projects like this? I've looked on the ...
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How and when had the CC BY license become GNU GPL-compatible?
I believed that Creative Commons Attribution License, even being non-copyleft one, was always and still is incompatible with GNU GPL because of multiple minor issues; which, however, were gradually ...
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Is it necessary to apply to anywhere other than to add a file as LICENSE.txt for open source or free software licensing? [duplicate]
I am going to continue a game engine project I didn't engage in for a long time.I amatourly writed some core libraries using OpenGL with C++. Because I am not that into programming in general, I am ...
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Using GPL’d software in a proprietary web application
We are developing website that we charge money from members to join it as membership annual cost, so, we decided to put a plan for the second stage so we are choosing now the load balancer that we ...
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Software trial: limited time or limited functionality? [closed]
I am currently developing my first serious piece of software in C#. It is a good learning experience so far. My software is basically a task scheduling tool with some advanced features and ...
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Editing Copyright line in Apache2 license.txt
I wish to publish my program under Apache2 license. I have added the "APPENDIX" part of the license text to the top portion of my source.txt file and edited the copyright year and name. But when ...
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