Would appreciate advice on licensing/documenting my application.

I am getting ready to publish (in an academic journal) and release a scientific application written purely in Java. I'm rather new to programming, and I'm a bit overwhelmed at the legal complexities involved. I'm looking to make the software as "open" and "free" as possible, but I am limited by the libraries I have used. These libraries use the following licenses:
LGPL
GPLv2
Apache v2
BSD
I've read the information on gnu.org, but I'm still unsure of my options and paranoid that I may do something wrong. Do I need to license my software under the most restrictive of the licenses above? (From the list on gnu.org it appears they are all compatible with GPLv3.)
In addition to the questions above, there are a few other types of code uses/modifications that I'm unsure how to handle:
[1] Code snippets provided by the kind members of these forums
[2] Code from one of the LGPL libraries that I have extracted and modified
[3] Code from a blog (heavily modified)
[4] Code from online postings of "cookbooks" (heavily modified)
I have documented the origins of all the above code in the source code and given credit in the manual... is that sufficient?
Thanks for the assistance!

CommanderSalamander wrote:
Thank you very much for the advice Sarcommand.
The manual does indeed contain links to the blogs/projects/forum posts in question. I was afraid that forums/blogs/cookbooks were a gray area... I guess I'm going to just cross my fingers and hope that no-one is going to have legal issues with purely academic not-for-profit software using a snippet of code offered freely over the internet. I will do as you suggest and try to contact the authors to formally notify them of my intentions.I'd say this is the polite thing to do. Again, legally, I doubt you could really get in trouble for this sort of thing, it's just that regulations aren't particularly clear on that topic.
I wish I could shed the GPL library so my project licensing was less restrictive :(As much as I respect the idea behind the GPL, it is just not an appropriate license for libraries imho. There are, of course, loop-holes which will allow you to use GPL code in some circumstances, but I'd consider this morally unacceptable since the original author is of course free to license his code any way he wants.
Out of curiosity, what particular library are you using? May be there is an alternative under a more permissive license.
If you don't mind elaborating, what specific aspect of GPL makes it so much more restrictive than the other licenses I listed?The idea behind the GPL is to have a strong copyleft. It (mostly) goes back to Richard Stallman and his idea that software should essentially be free to use and modify for anyone. In order to achieve that, the GPL was conceived in a way that forbids you to relicense modified code with lesser rights than those of the original. So, while you're theoretically free to use other licenses than the GPL, in practice, you usually can't. If you were, for instance, to release your project under the BSD license, a commercial player, let's say Microsoft, might include your code in a proprietary, closed-source project, something the GPL forbids. This is obviously a great concept for projects like Linux. No matter what happens, the Linux kernel will always be free, it belongs to the community and can never be taken away. You might want the same thing to be true for a library you write, but personally I find that libraries should be available for anyone - i believe it is, to some degree, a matter of preference.
Thanks!Anytime :-).

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Helping my Mom rebuild.. Would appreciate advice from the Credit Masters :)

Greetings everybody!  I am posting here to try and get some advice from people who may have been in our shoes, or from those who know a lot about credit and how it works. I am helping my mom rebuild her credit, let me provide some backstory. My mom used to have amazing credit (800+ FICO). Around 2006, my parents divorced. At that time, they had a mortgage through Chase for our old home. IIRC, the mortgage was in my mother's name with my father as secondary (my mom's amazing credit was how they got the mortgage). The court ordered that the mortgage was to become 100% of my father's responsibility, payments and all. My dad was to pay the mortgage, and my mother and I were to list the house for sale and move out. Well, to be blunt - my dad was a jack*** and was purposely 30-90 days late on multiple payments. Even though my dad was legally responsible for payments, my mom's name was attached to the mortage. I'm sure you see where I'm going with this... her amazing credit crumbled down to a 445 FICO. Yikes. My mom knew she needed to rebuild. She desperately needed a car as ours was mysteriously sabotaged... So she purchased a used 2003 Ford in early 2006. The interest rate wasn't pretty.. 24.3% through Americredit (AKA GM Financial). She knew she would get shafted until she rebuilt, so she bit the bulllet and took it. We paid that loan off 2 years or so early sometime around 2008. Around 2010 or so, we fought the credit bureaus and were able to wipe all of the late payment marks my dad did on the mortgage off of her credit reports.  We've slowly been building ever since. We were doing great. Around 2013, her FICO was around 715, with individual bureaus reporting 690-725. Here is where things started to go slightly downhill. In late 2013, my mom became severely injured. She had multiple surgeries and was taken off of work for the remainder of the year.  In October 2013, she applied for a Barclaycard Visa via Apple and was approved for $1,500. My mom wasn't getting disability or anything like that, so we started doing the worst thing possible (but our only option)... living off of CCs. Her balances got sky high... but she consolidated them into a loan through her credit union in 2014. All CCs were paid off, we only had the loan. That was paid off too that year. That spring (2014), Barclaycard gave her an automatic CLI to $3000. Capital One gave her an auto CLI to $1500. Right as she went to go back to work, some post-surgery complications popped up and the doctors have had her off work ever since. We started living off the CCs again... balances got sky high, this time no money to consolidate. I will admit, I have made some very poor decisions in using store credit accounts to buy things. I never should have used them. We asked Barclay for a CLI a few months ago. They bumped us to $5300. Capital One gave us an automatic CLI to $2500. 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After we are paid off, we plan on either locking our cards up or shredding them and only using them via Apple Pay, as they should be for emergencies only. We want to build up a rainy day fund in a savings account that pays interest as well, so we can avoid the CCs altogether. I would like some advice on my plan to pay our cards off. I really want to get my mom out of debt. I was wanting to lease a car before winter hit us in Ohio. Her car does horrible MPG (~10 MPG). I wanted to lease a Subaru Legacy. The lease would be in her name, with me paying for it. However, that ain't going to happen until the credit utilization is WAY down (under 30% in my mind) and credit scores are 700+, as I read somewhere around here 700+ is Tier 1 for Subaru Finance (Chase).
If the two of us can pay as much money as possible, we would hope to be able to have much lower balances by late November. I would appreciate any advice.  Looking forward to a debt-free future for my Mom and I... and staying that way (no friviolous purchases, etc.). Thanks for the help. WH

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I would appreciate advice on technical choices for a large web application.

Application Server: Sun Java System Application Server Platform 8.2
JDK: J2EE 1.4
Database platform: Oracle 9i
I am currently in the middle of designing a large, not enterprise, web application.
At this point, I have the requirements, ERDs, UML diagrams, several initial JavaBeans and POJOs contributed from other developers. So, planning is going well...
This is a customer service application to manage customer accounts.
I have the following sections, each section are several applications, except for the main app, which is one application:
Option Maintenance - manages data used within the main app.
System Maintenance - manages data used within the main app.
Client Maintenance - manages data used within the main app.
Event Log Browser - a historical events viewer of events in the main app.
Transaction Browser - similar to Event Log Browser with transaction data.
Admin. Maintenace - manages users of the application.
Customer Management - main app.
A user will authenicate into the main app and based on authorization, a user main also see all or specific management sections and browsers.
I need advice on the best way to approach this in terms of making technical choices?
I understand the MVC pattern, so my original though would be to use the framework within JSF. FacesServlet, etc...
Again, this isn't an enterprise application by any means, but it does need to be able to scale. In later phases, when asked to add another application - I don't want to look back and say "why did I do this?"
I just want to make sure I am making good technology choices based on known requirements.
Thanks,
--Todd

jschell: Thank you for the questions, these help a lot.
Q: Have you scaled the usage? Do you know how many users will use it in the first month and three years from now?
Yes, it is figured that we'll start with twelve users, with an increase of about one or two new users per year, not very much at all.
Q: What does the average user do? What does the unaverage user do?
The average user will only use the Customer Management - main app. They will be logged in throughout the day managing accounts based on any customers calling in.
Another average user will use the Browser based applications to check daily transactions, however this is usually towards mid-morning and in the evening.
An unaverage user will use the Maintenance based applications to set-up the data or make any changes. The Maintenance based applications will be rarely used after set-up.
Q: Are there any priority customers (like 50% of the companies business comes from one customer)? If so then it would be a really good idea to find out what they want and what they want to do.
Not really priority customers, but priority call times. Most calls happened between 6:30AM - 10:00AM CST. During that time, the Customer Management - main app will be used by all twelve users.
Q: What is the liability and security context? In other words what happens if some kid gets access to an account?
This is an internal application, hosted inside a DMZ. A user must authenticate (log in) to use the application.
What I have yet to deal with is how do I force authentication if a user tries to obtain access to an application through their browser history or even by typing in a URL... That's another topic in itself.
Any transactions with in the Customer Management - main app, will be logged - in which these logs can be view by the Transaction Browser.
Q: What are the future directions that the software might grow? What resources will it need? How will it be tested? How 'perfect' must it be when it goes live?
The only known growth for the software would be adding additional report viewers or monitor features to help track customer transactions.
Hardware resources, the application be hosted on a SunOS 5.8 Generic_117350-02 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-880. There are 8 Sun Sparc 900Mhz chips.
Testing will occur in phases at the development stage, then it will go through a full QA stage performed by the QA Department.
At minimum, the Customer Management - main app and Transaction Browser must be "perfect".
Q: How much time do you have to do it?
I have three months.

Would appreciate advice please

All of a sudden, our Vision service has stopped...basically saying that it can't connect to Broadband. However, our Broadband is fine...(my wife is currently using her Ipad) Upstairs by the router, the Comtrend black box is showing two Green but the status is a steady Red...downstairs, behind the TV the Comtrend is just showing one steady Green light on status....where should I start to look ? I have rebooted the hub 3/4 times..the vision box 2/3 times all to no avail. A quick look behind the TV...(where we never go) seems to be all fine..no plugs appear to have dropped out. Advice would be appreciated...thanks.
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Assuming the powerline at your vbox has 1 green status light
If the one behind the TV has only 1 green light on status it suggests the ethernet is not plugged in or the vbox ethernet port is faulty, to check this remove the ethernet cable from the rear of the vision box and plug it into your laptop ethernet port.
If it lights the ethernet (middle light)on the powerline then leave it a minute to allocate an IP to the laptop. remove it from the laptop and plug it back into the vision box.
If the ethernet light does not come back on the powerline the fault lies with the port on the vision box.
if when plugging the ethernet cable into the laptop you dont get a middle light change the cable, if you still dont get a middle light then the powerline is broke.
mugs (hope that sorta made sense)
edit for some reason i thought you said laptop not ipad... hope you have a laptop lmao
oh and try resetting the hub not rebooting. small pin hole on rear lightly click a pen or something in the hole and hold until the lights all go out

Would appreciate advice regarding upgrade to ver.2x

Here's where I'm at. I'm using ver.1.3 and Photoshop CS3.
My problem is that one of these programs must be upgraded in order for me to use ACR (my preference over other raw converters) for my newest camera, canon 5dII.
I did install the trial for CS4 and though the raw plugin should not have done so, it somehow 'got into' CS3. I know it sounds odd and it's not possible and so on but I'd prefer to upgrade Lightroom as opposed to Photoshop because of it.
So, here's the thing. Am I right in assuming that Lightroom and Photoshop have virtually nothing in common other than they're both made by Adobe? The raw processing in Lightroom (raw 5x)has no common file (I actually don't see anything anywhere in Windows explorer other than the raw plugin file (ver.4.6)for photoshop) or anything to do with and will not conflict with photoshop?
An alternative I know is to use the DNG converter and I can continue to use CS3 but I think using Lightroom 2 may give better results to the images.
I appreciate anyone out there with lightroom experience to set me straight here.

Bob,
Lightroom and Camera Raw share the same algorithms for what happens in processing a RAW image, but I don't think they share the same code.
Certainly they don't conflict with each other, no matter what version you have of either of the programs.
Hal

Laptop Replacement Question - Would appreciate advice!

Hi Guys,
After having issues with my new Macbook Pro applecare told me i would be recieving a replacement, and then sent me shipping labels through email.
Now im just wondering what i have to give back to apple, i bought,
15.4" Macbook Pro Unibody 2.93 GHz with 4 Gigs of Ram
Apple Care
iLife Preinstalled
Along with that i have my copy of MacOSX, the power adapter,all the instruction books and manuals and the original box
So what out of all this do i have to ship back, i know i can keep apple care and iLife, but will they ship me a brand new laptop in the original box with all the accessories or will i have to keep all my accessories?

Hi Almeida5,
I take it they're replacing it with one of the current models? Because currently there isn't a 2.93GHz MBP, so did you confirm that you'd be receiving a 3.06GHz MBP?
I'll agree with what everyone else said... you need to contact Apple. Even if you call and ask to speak with someone else, I'm sure they can see the agent's case notes that you're working with on the replacement. Even another person at Apple would be in a better position to answer this question than anyone of us.
With that being said, I had a unit replaced a few years ago. The only thing that they required back was the unit itself. I didn't have to send any of accessories, software, cabling, etc. Now, they certainly preferred I did (in the box) but it wasn't critical.
iLife '09 comes pre-installed in all brand new computers from Apple, so that'll be the same. Did you mean iWork '09?
Regarding Applecare, they don't "just transfer" it over to a new unit. There's an extra process that occurs that you need to agree to regarding the terms. You can get a pro-rated refund for the remainder of the plan or have the remainder of the plan rolled over to the new machine (there'd be a loss of time coverage).
Again... the next best course of action, really the only course of action, is to get on the horn with Apple.

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WS2012R2 Licensing Question - 95% confident of my understanding, but would appreciate confirmation

After a huge amount of research, I THINK I understand how WS2012R2 licensing works.
Since we’re a new business, we’re keeping things pretty simple for the time being. I would appreciate some confirmation that my understanding of licensing makes sense though.
I first describe our architecture, then the four options, and then my understanding of the four options.
Many many thanks in advance; this forum has been incredibly helpful as I get started with these issues.
Machine 1 @ Site 1:
OS: WS2012R2 (operating at hypervisor only)
VM1: WS2012R2 (operating as remote desktop session host)
VM2: WS2012R2 (operating as remote desktop connection broker and remote desktop licensing server)
Machine 2 @ Site 1:
OS: WS2012R2 (operating as hypervisor only)
VM1: WS2012R2 (operating as server for electronic medical record software)
VM2: WS2012R2 (operating as domain controller, DNS server, and DHCP server)
Machine 3 @ Site 1:
OS: WS2012R2 or HVS2012R2 (operating as hypervisor only)
Machine1-VM1: replicated here using Hyper-V Replica; not running.
Machine1-VM2: replicated here using Hyper-V Replica; not running.
Machine2-VM1: replicated here using Hyper-V Replica; not running.
Machine2-VM2: replicated here using Hyper-V Replica; not running.
Machine 4 @ Site 2:
OS: WS2012R2 (operating at hypervisor only)
VM1: WS2012R2 (operating as remote desktop session host for remote users)
VM2: WS2012R2 (operating as remote desktop web access and remote desktop gateway)
Machine 5 @ Site 2:
OS: WS2012R2 or HVS2012R2 (operating as hypervisor only)
Machine4-VM1: replicated here using Hyper-V Replica; not running.
Machine4-VM2: replicated here using Hyper-V Replica; not running.
We've identified the following four options:
Option 1:
Primary Machines 1, 2,4 = WS2012R2 Standard OEM Edition
Backup Machines 3 and 5 = HVS2012R2 Edition
Option 2:
Primary Machines 1, 2,4 = WS2012R2 Standard Open License Edition
Backup Machines 3 and 5 = HVS2012R2 Edition
Option 3:
Primary Machines 1, 2,4 = WS2012R2 Standard OEM Edition
Backup Machines 3 and 5 = WS2012R2 Standard OEM Edition
Option 4:
Primary Machines 1, 2,4 = WS2012R2 Standard Open License Edition
Backup Machines 3 and 5 = WS2012R2 Standard Open License Edition
My understanding is as follows:
Option 1 is flawed because we would not be able to boot up the VMs on machines 3 and 5. This is because a standard OEM edition license cannot be transferred, and so in the event of hardware failure, the license stays with the primary machine and cannot
be moved to the backup machine.
Option 2 is somewhat flawed due to the 90 day limit on transferring licenses. For example, say Machine 1 fails, and I transfer the VMs and the license to Machine 3. That step is permitted, however, I cannot reverse this transfer for 90 days
which is obviously suboptimal since Machine 3 is intended to be a temporary backup machine.
Option 3 is sufficient for my needs, subject to the only caveat that I understand that these OEM licenses are "locked" to the physical machine and cannot be transferred to another physical machine. There are NO other limitations (e.g. I
would be able to legally and practically migrate a VM from Machine 1 to Machine 3 without worrying about activation issues, etc...)
Option 4 is sufficient for my needs, and would be the most flexible as the licenses could be moved if necessary down the road.

As has been stated many times in this forum, it is best to talk to a trained Microsoft licensing specialist about licensing questions. Remember that a license is a legal contract between you and Microsoft, and using a forum for legal advice is a tad
risky. Free advice is worth every penny. www.microsoft.com/licensing.
That said, non-OEM licenses will always give you the most flexibility. Secondly, you can get a volume license discount with as few as five copies of software, so you might want to investigate that. Volume contracts provide additional benefits
outside of the what you get with the licenses. Lastly, ensure that you have enough licenses to host the maximum number of VMs that will ever be running on a given host. Hint, you mention Standard on a host that is a replica for four VMs.
If all four of those VMs are running, you would need a minimum of two Standard licenses assigned to that host.
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TS1702 Hi, I'm experiencing a problem with app I've just purchased from iTunes, I have tried every piece of advice from the "iOS: Troubleshooting applications purchased from the App Store" and still nothing is working. I would like to get my refund on thi

Hi, My name is Bheki Yende
I'm experiencing a problem with an app I've just purchased from iTunes, I have tried every piece of advice from the "iOS: Troubleshooting applications purchased from the App Store" and still nothing is working. I would like to get my refund on this pls.
This is an inconvenience, I don't understand why I have to contact the developer for a faulty product in your store.
I've paid iTunes to get this, so iTunes must fix this problem for me or give my money back.
Thanks

This is a user forum, you are not speaking to Apple here.
You will need to contact iTunes support here, regarding this issue. They will usually respond within 24 hours.

The App Store indicates that 5 items need to be updated. When I go to the Update page, only a blank page appears and no application logo appears for updating. Would appreciate receiving a solution for this.

The App Store indicates that 5 items need to be updated. When I go to the Update page, only a blank page appears and no application logo appears for updating. Would appreciate receiving a solution for this.
Sridhar

Okay - let's cut to the chase...
If the Menu Bar (File, Edit... Help) shown in my screenshot below is not visible, use CTRL+B to display it. Then click on Help/Check for Updates. If one is available, you will be able to select it at this time.
Note the item at the bottom of the list; About iTunes. Selecting that will show you which version of iTunes you are using.
An alternative method to display the Menu Bar is click on the box in the top left of your iTunes window...

License for swing application

Hello guys,
I need your help about a question.
In the next days I'll develop a java application (swing application) for a customer.
What I need is to forbid possibility to copy this application on other pc, so I need some license system.
How can I bind installation of application (that is running of jar) on a specific pc and forbid to use it on other pc?
I need to do it without key device, but via software.
What's best solution for this issue?
I would appreciate any help,
Thanks

snic.snac wrote:
How exactly is that going to keep a user from using multiple copies on a single subscription?It isn't. And my message is that it isn't worth worrying about this ...
The business "requirement" you have is usually not "how do I prevent my customer from making multiple copies" or "how do I prevent people from copying my application illegaly". Your requirement is (or should be) "how do I make more money with this".
History has tought us that focusing on making the software hard-to-copy is a bad idea because the cost of making a reasonably well-working copy-protection is very high and even those are easily broken (it need only be broken once, then everyone can get a copy).
Now if you make buying the software actually provide some additional value (automated, timely updates; online support; access to a feature-request queue; ...) and keep the price reasonable, then "copying + using only half a product" becomes more "expensive" to the user than "buying and getting the full advantage".
I have to agree, 'though, that in the case of custom-built software for a single client that's not really relevant. I'd agree that you should simply request that they pay enough money so that you don't have to worry about copy protection. Maybe offer them the source if they do, so that they actually get some value out of it (see the theme? providing value for the money helps you get the money).

Public Webinar: OPA for Licensing and Permitting Applications in Public Sector

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You may be interested in the following public webinar, to be held on January 29.
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Hi All,
I have looked at the Packaged Applications.
I declined to use them because they would require quite a bit of modification to meet my needs.
I find it faster and more reliable to code small utility applications from scratch so that my clients get exactly what they need; no more and no less.
APEX is awesome at pumping out these utility applications quickly and cheaply with acceptable quality.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Patrick Cimolini

App-V 5.0 Sequencing Office 2010 - Cannot verify the License for this Application KMS

Hey Guys,
i already found some Topics about my Problem, but None of the Solutions i have found, help in my case. I hope someone can help...
I Sequenced Office 2010 Professional Plus x86 on an App-V 5.0 Sequencer Client (x64) and streamed it to Windows 7 x64 and Windows Server 2012. While i was sequencing, i followed the Articles at
http://blogs.technet.com/b/office_resource_kit/archive/2011/06/15/sequencing-office-2010-for-app-v-part-1-considerations.aspx and also used the Parameter:
msiexec/i OffVirt.msi ADDLOCAL=Click2runMapi,Click2runOWSSupp,Click2runWDS,OSpp,OSpp_Core PROPLUS=1
In the sequencing Process anything ist working fine, i can start Word, Excel... and Office is activated. When i publish the Application and stream to the Client or RDS, i get the Error message in the Screenshot.
I also tried to create a new Package and type in the KMS Client Key directly to Office, didnt work. In a third Sequencing Process (also new Sequence) i tried with an another Script what i have found: msiexec /i OffVirt.msi PROPLUS=1 KMSSERVICENAME=”SERVERNAME”
KMSSERVICEPORT=1688
Please help!!
Best regards

I am having this same exact issue; however, I have done everything in the App-V 5.0 Sequencing document, and I have enabled Set-AppVClientConfiguration -EnablePackageScripts 1.
The sequencer is on a Win 7 32-bit machine, so I used the following:
msiexec
/i OffVirt.msi ADDLOCAL=OSpp,OSpp_Core PROPLUS=1
KMS is registered in DNS, so I shouldn't have to specify KMS.
As soon as I start Office on a machine, setup screen comes up briefly, and then I see the:
"Microsoft Office cannot verify the license for this application. A repair attempt failed or was canceled by the user. The application will now shut down."
I would use the package accelerator; however, it's a new Pro Plus 2010 build, and it says 12 files are missing from the install (files like the actual OffVirt.msi and manifest files).
This is getting a little frustrating, as I've already tried the package 4 different times. I also tried this version:
msiexec/i OffVirt.msi ADDLOCAL=Click2runMapi,Click2runOWSSupp,Click2runWDS,OSpp,OSpp_Core PROPLUS=1
I am also using the latest SP2 client, Sequencer, and then the AppV 5.0 SP1 server is using the latest hotfix 4 which was released in April 2014.

Create time-limited license for my application

Hi,
I have created an application for my client, but i would like to add in a function below into my software for license renew.
For example, after the application is used in a PC for one year, it will be locked and will ask user to renew the license, to activate the application again.
Is there anyway can create the time-limited license for my application?
My application is developed by LV 8.5.1.
I am appreciated for your feedback.
Thanks.

The Third Party Licensing & Activation Toolkit will do what you want, but you need LabVIEW 2010 or later.
There was even a NI-Week presentation: NIWeek Session: Creating a Software Evaluation for your Product in 10 minutes
Still, I agree with Norbert that an expiring licens is a very dumb idea. What if you go out of business? What if you are on vacation while their license expires? What is the system is on a space flight to Mars?
I would never install software that expires, because if it cannot be guaranteed that it will run a year from now I might as well not use it at all. If NI would do the same, your LabVIEW 8.5 would have stopped working long ago.
If you want to ensure that users upgrade to a new version, make sure to add new and exciting features. Offer service subscriptions, etc.
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Iphoto diet & iphoto 6 error!! would appreciate any help/feedback

I recently installed iPhoto 6.0.6. and since then, when I run iPhoto Diet (3.1) an apple script error message comes up.
It says: File alias Macintosh HD:Users:michellechin:Pictures:iPhoto Library:Modified: wasn't found. (-43)
HELP! what does this mean? and how can I make iPhoto Diet run properly again?
Would appreciate any help very very very much.
Thanks in advance,
Michelle.
Powerbook G4 12" Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Michelle
It means that the application cannot find the Modified folder, which should be in your iPhoto Library Folder (inside your Pictures Folder).
Have you contacted the developers of iPhoto Diet?
http://www.rhythmiccanvas.com/software/iphotodiet/
Regards
TD

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