07-24-2020 01:05 PM
Hello,
I have made a project with LabVIEW and now I would like to publish it under a license like MIT to be credited if somebody uses it (and above all to have a warranty disclaimer if something goes wrong). Is it possible to do so or there are limitations to the rights on code made with G language? Thanks.
07-24-2020 01:15 PM
Hi FDN,
@FDN98 wrote:
Is it possible to do so or there are limitations to the rights on code made with G language?
Yes.
No limitation I'm aware of…
07-24-2020 02:05 PM
A word of caution: You cannot use LV Student or Community Editions commercially.
07-24-2020 03:24 PM
Thank you, so if I used LV Student Edition for the project what license could I use?
07-24-2020 04:26 PM - edited 07-24-2020 04:30 PM
The NI General Purpose Software License Agreement(s) can be found here.
In English, if you search for the word "student", you find Addendum E - Academic License Terms.
It reads:
Based on those, your use seems OK, as long as you include the "prohibition against redistribution for commercial purposes".
But (assuming you really have a Student Edition License, and not one of the other Licenses mentioned there), there is an additional limitation under item 4. that says
So, it does *not* list distribution as an allowable use, but it also does not explicitly prohibit it. In my opinion, it would be OK as long as the distribution is within your classroom/personal educational use...but I can't think of a use like that except for a teacher distributing a template/example, or a student submitting their homework.
(Maybe I'm just not creative enough. 😁)
If I were you, I would carefully read the license agreement and decide if your use case is allowed.
EDIT:
To actually answer your question, I don't think you are legally allowed to publish a project from a Student Edition using *any* software license. But I'm not a lawyer, so my answer is purely my personal opinion.
I think only someone at NI would be able to give you an "official" answer.
-joeorbob