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<blockquote data-quote="FloridaGator" data-source="post: 471318" data-attributes="member: 95542">I'm developing an application that would like support the IR Server Suite, there's a couple of things I'd like to clear up. First off, my application is closed source, and must remain that way, but I would love to enable advanced support for IRSS users to simplify their configuration and installation.The current installation does not seem to provide a license agreement, is that the case? I don't want to assume that it isn't bound by one, but I have tried to look for information regarding the license, and the only thing I found was an old image of a previous version that used GPL 2.0.I'm not very familiar with open source software, but as I see it these are the possibilities I have going forward...I could provide limited command line support and be within the parameters of the license, but I would be limited to the restrictive IRBlast.exe.I could rewrite a custom version of IRBlast.exe that provided the additional support that I need, and release it under the GPL.Use sockets and directly send messages to the server, but I'm not sure if that is acceptable since without proper documentation I would need to learn the commands from the original source code.If the library is released without license, or under the LGPL, then I could link to IRSS, allowing users program the IR blaster directly from my application.Can someone provide me some guidance before I move forward?Thanks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FloridaGator, post: 471318, member: 95542"] I'm developing an application that would like support the IR Server Suite, there's a couple of things I'd like to clear up. First off, my application is closed source, and must remain that way, but I would love to enable advanced support for IRSS users to simplify their configuration and installation. The current installation does not seem to provide a license agreement, is that the case? I don't want to assume that it isn't bound by one, but I have tried to look for information regarding the license, and the only thing I found was an old image of a previous version that used GPL 2.0. I'm not very familiar with open source software, but as I see it these are the possibilities I have going forward... I could provide limited command line support and be within the parameters of the license, but I would be limited to the restrictive IRBlast.exe. I could rewrite a custom version of IRBlast.exe that provided the additional support that I need, and release it under the GPL. Use sockets and directly send messages to the server, but I'm not sure if that is acceptable since without proper documentation I would need to learn the commands from the original source code. If the library is released without license, or under the LGPL, then I could link to IRSS, allowing users program the IR blaster directly from my application. Can someone provide me some guidance before I move forward? Thanks. [/QUOTE]

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