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Admins & Developer => General discussions => Topic started by: krushnaji on 25. January 2011, 11:24:11

Title: is this application open source?
Post by: krushnaji on 25. January 2011, 11:24:11
 i have dictionary with licence , can i use this dictionary for mids application freely for business purpose?
is this this dictionary open source ?
if it is open source , do i have to publish GPL along with dictionary.?
do i have to list my dictionary compulsary here for free download?


Title: Re: is this application open source?
Post by: Gert on 25. January 2011, 17:08:42
The DictionaryForMIDs application is open source under the GPL license. The dictionary may have a different license.

Quotei have dictionary with licence , can i use this dictionary for mids application freely for business purpose?
Yes, for DictionaryForMIDs it is possible to use non-open-source dictionaries, also for business purpose.
You still have to check that your dictionary's license does allow to be used in the way you want.

Quoteis this this dictionary open source ?
Which dictionary ?
Your dictionary does not have to be open source. You can also use non-open-source dictionaries with DictionaryForMIDs.

Quoteif it is open source , do i have to publish GPL along with dictionary.?
Your dictionary does not have to be published under GPL.

Quotedo i have to list my dictionary compulsary here for free download?
No.

The above applies to "your" dictionary; the dictionaries that can be downloaded from dictionarymid.sourceforge.net all open source, some under GPL. Also, the DictionaryForMIDs application is open source under GPL - and the DictionaryForMIDs application must only be distributed/used  as open source under GPL.

Regards,
Gert