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I was checking out what it would take to add my free extension to Magento Connect. I noticed a list of open source licenses. Can anyone point out the major difference?
Roughly speaking they're all about the same. Each license permits anyone to reuse your code as long as they credit you, but the (L)GPL, MPL and OSL prohibit someone from doing so with a different license to the one you chose.
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The title of this question says it all: I'm interested in writing a Nest client, but I'd like to make it open source.
Is this permitted under the Nest developer agreement?
This isn't prohibited, but you need to be very careful with how OAuth is handled. Posting sensitive information (for example client secrets) will likely get those clients suspended.
That said, there are sample applications published as open source on the Nest Developer Program site itself https://developer.nest.com/docs/topics/sample-code, you just need to create your own client to plug in to the samples.
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I see appharbor is very promising alternative to windows azure. Are all the applications created there for trial are open source by default? If yes does deleting the application also deletes the source code.
No, you can use AppHarbor for free and keep your source code private.
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Is mysql license needed for sites like facebook, twitter etc.. i dont know which category they fall into. thats why.
No, they can use GPL which is freely available. They would need to make Software that links to MySQL like a library or is even based on MySQL GPL, too, but as far as I know, they are not doing any of that. Even if, the GPL would force them to pass on the source code to anyone to whom they give the binary. Since they are not giving away the binary to anyone, there would not be a problem either ;-).
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Does anybody knows if I can use (opens source) software components/controls, which are under the Microsoft Reciprocal License (Ms-RL), in commercial projects ?
Can anybody provide me a good and above all clear site with a overview of all open source licences and their restrictions ?
The FSF's License List is one of the more comprehensive, and legally pedantic (in this case a good thing).
That list identifies the Ms-RL as a free-software copyleft license incompatible with the GPL.
If that description isn't enough to answer your question, then either the question is too broad for this sort of forum and will need find a more license oriented forum; or, the question is too specific to your situation (ie. you are probably attempting to loophole the license), and you will need to talk to a lawyer.
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I want to use CxxTest for unit-testing in an application. I do not want to be forced to release source code or object files. The LGPL (under which CxxTest is released) is confusing on this issue.
Am I ok? Do I need to do something special?
As long as you're not distributing your tests it's not something you need to worry about.
If money is involved, you need to consult with an attorney. LGPL is not straightforward.
From what I can see, you'll be alright with the LGPL, however,
If it is a derivative work, then the terms must allow "modification for the customer's own use and reverse engineering for debugging such modifications."