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How do commercial Java static analysis tools compare with the free ones?

I'm familiar with a handful of the free static analysis tools available for Java, such as FindBugs and PMD. What I'd like to know is how the commercial products such as Klocwork and Coverity stack up against these. What are their strengths and…
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How do you protect your commercial application from being installed on multiple computers with one license?

How do you protect your commercial application from being installed on multiple computers from people who only own one license? Do you think it's a good idea to have more than just a serial based scheme?
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Visual Studio Community for commercial project outside windows store

I want to develop a commercial win32 desktop application using Visual Studio Community edition 2015. It's good to say that I'm the only developer. Nobody else is going to join me. And I don't want to sell it in the windows store. Rather, distribute…
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commercial Web application PHP -

I was thinking of making a commercial application to sell to customers to install on their servers but I wanted to do it with PHP & MySQL. what should i do to ensure that the source code (& Database) will not be opened nor copied. The most…
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XBAP usage and maturity issues

we're considering migrating our UI to XBAP. we've chosen XBAP despite knowing the clients must have .net pre-installed, since we're not targeting the masses but rather IT professionals in the corporate environment, and it's a way to preserve our…
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Font changed hands - I have an old license - can I still use this font?

I wanted to use the MUSEO Slab font on my website. In the past one weight used to be available from google web fonts, but this has now disappeared... Instead google provides a link to fonts.com, where it's now part of their web fonts. But it's not…
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What is the prefered way to publish a binary-only application for multiple Linux distributions?

I have a closed-source Linux application that I want to distribute. This application is using wxWidgets/GTK so there is a huge list of shared libraries (60+) that this application depends on. What is the prefered way to publish the application and…
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Commercial use of Google API

This question maybe a better fit on The Business of Software forum but despite my post on there, I'm still unable to determine the following: Can I use the Google API to build commercial software? If not how can the people behind Byline charge for…
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How to give command line option in java program?

I want to use Java flight recorder while running my java program. Can I pass arguments in java program itself and not while running the application. For ex: I have a java class say "HelloWorld.class" I want to use java flight recorder while running…
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Am I allowed to use an open source Spritz clone in my app?

The Spritz technology generated a lot of buzz on the internet recently, and I'd like to incorporate that technology into my app. People have already open sourced it here: https://github.com/andrewgiang/SpritzerTextView I am wondering if the fact…
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RavenDB alternate to reduce the budget

My company is using RavenDB for 8 years. But now we are trying to replace RavenDB as it is pricier option. Around AUD 3800 we have to pay for it annually. We are trying to reduce this cost. Can you suggest something free better and robust? How about…
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Does this mean that Java is not free any more?

You may not: Use the Programs for any data processing or any commercial, production, or internal business purposes other than developing, testing, prototyping, and demonstrating your Application; ~ Oracle Technology Network License Agreement for…
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Is it allowed to use the Spotify Web API for commercial projects?

I have a simple question concerning the Spotify Web API. Is it legal to retrieve data from this service as a base for my app which then should be commercial? Without going too much into detail: I use the information to present the user an extra…
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Can I use Express version of VS 2013 to develop commercial desktop applications?

I know there was a lot of discussions about VS 2012 express. Those were about MS does not allow to develop desktop applications with it freely, aside of metro ones. Even MS said to developers to download VS 2010 Express if they want to develop…
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Is Google Maps API key needed if the map is simply a local HTML file?

Our customer needs an application that allows them to input an address and be returned a Google Map HTML file that the user will save to the local file system. The desktop application is written in C# and geocodes the address using the Google…
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