richard dagenais dixit: >Someone has mentioned that in order to be able to use the open source >software you must make your software open source as well. Our software
This is not generally true, but details are very intricate. >Is it possible to simply include the open source Java runtime in our >packaging, which is a commercial product? For our situation, we are not >modifying any part of the open source code but using it to generate >byte code from our code base. We also would need to distribute the Java >JRE of the open source project with our code in order to run the >application. In this specific case, it’s okay, and your software can be under any licence terms you wish. However, because you distribute the JDK/JRE, you will also need to follow GPLv2 §3. The easiest way to do that for you, most reliable also, is §3(a) — simply also include the sources for the JDK/JRE, which you have received at the same place where you could download it. Those JDK/JRE sources, then, are under GPLv2+CE, but “mere aggregation” with your software is not restricted. IANAL, TINLA, but this should be pretty accurate. bye, //mirabilos -- Sometimes they [people] care too much: pretty printers [and syntax highligh- ting, d.A.] mechanically produce pretty output that accentuates irrelevant detail in the program, which is as sensible as putting all the prepositions in English text in bold font. -- Rob Pike in "Notes on Programming in C" _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@lists.opensource.org http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org
