Open source Legal Advice

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I'm developing an application for use at the company that I work for.

Using VB.net Express and SQL Express

The company is a small business.

I'm just planning on installing this database and UI for internal use of the employees mostly to make my jobs easier by enforcing data integrity (there's a lot to keep track of).

I'm not planning on paying for anything or being compensated by the company for my labor. -- Alot of labor btw, I'm about 2 years in.

What I want to know is this, are there any steps that I or the company should take in order to avoid legal complications? What are those steps.

Is it safe to just build the app and use it at the company or are there some hoops that I need to jump through?

I really don't understand how this process works for my situation and I would hate to do all this work only to see it blow up in my face.

I have a meeting in a few days to show everyone how to use the program and to schedule a date to install for beta testing internally. So any help, information, or resources will be much appreciated.

Posted 7-Sep-13 10:48am

Mr.TMG

Updated 7-Sep-13 10:54am

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**Zoltán Zörgő** · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-07T11:21:00

Well, I am confused, since what you are talking about seems not open source to me.
But from what you wrote, you have nothing to fear about. You could even sell your product. The Express editions are free of charge to build your app and to deploy - you can't sell them, thus you can't charge for SQL Express, but you can deploy it with your application. You can make both closed source and open source products.
But be aware with the third party components you are using. This part can be complicated... so consult the related license terms.
This might be a useful tool, if some cases when you are blocked by Visual Studio Express limitations: http://www.icsharpcode.net/opensource/sd/[^]
This worth also reading: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29693[^]