Thanks for the link of terms, and for your confirmation. >From what I can see in the terms, Chromium is primarily covered by the BSD and LGPL licences, so I can't see a problem there. I guess my primary concern is with copyright if I am reworking the "Chromium" browser part of the project to meet my own needs.
On 8 July, 03:43, Evan Martin <e...@chromium.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Kruncher<leaha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I would like to use the Chromium source code as the basis to a custom > > documentation viewer. The following outlines what I would like to do > > with the source: > > > - Add sidebar panels to left/right of each Chromium window. > > - Remove unwanted features from drop-down menu buttons on main tool > > strip. > > - Remove "Inspector" and the various web developer and debugging tools > > from interface. > > - Replace search functionality with custom search functionality in URI > > address bar. > > - Add a custom scheme name "my-scheme:something/a/b/c.html" > > - Adjust "About" dialog box to reflect title of product with logo and > > product artwork. > > - Change colour scheme of the browser. > > > Whilst the application will still be able to access the webpages from > > the Internet, it will be used primarily for viewing offline content. > > > I have a couple of questions: > > > 1. Would this be compatible with the associated open source license? > > 2. Could the product be distributed as a part of a commercial package? > > http://code.google.com/chromium/terms.htmldescribes the licenses of > the code. In general, the answer to both of your questions is "yes" > -- applications like yours are part of our intent in releasing the > code -- but you should definitely check with a lawyer before making a > commercial release, and I am not a lawyer. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Developers mailing list: chromium-dev@googlegroups.com View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
