On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 11:54 +0100, Dietrich Streifert wrote: > Hi Jens, > > Thank you for your elaborately answer. > > So let's get to a practical example: > > I'm going to develop a web application which uses qooxdoo as UI/AJAX > framework and as building system. I'm creating my own widget/class > hierarchie which inherits from qooxdoo classes. This web application > will be sold and deliverd to a customer which installs the web > application on his webservers. The customer will get the web > application as a compiled/optimized/obfuscated JavaScript file (built > by the qooxdoo build system) with additional html files and a backend > (java/php/perl). > > What do I need to do in order to fullfill the EPL/LGPL license of > qooxdoo? > > Is it enough to add something to the web applications license file > like: > > "This software was created using the qooxdoo AJAX framework > http://www.qooxdoo.org which is dual licenced > under the LGPL license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html and EPL > license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html."; > > Do I additionally have to supply the customer with the qooxdoo source > code or is it enough to point the customer to the qooxdoo web site > where he is able to download the code?
Hi Dietrich, the LGPL license is quite clear on this point, you have to give the user the source code. You can do that on premises by including it on the package (this is usually the best idea as it frees you from any other obligation), or you can give a written offer valid for three years where you state you will give the source as soon as it is requested at no additional cost. I see you plan to offer obfuscated code, pay attention that the LGPL license requires that you make it possible for the customer to substitute your version of the LGPL licensed library with another (a new version with maybe fixed bugs for example). So you must distribute your code in a way that make it possible for the user to easily do that. This does not meant you must also offer any warranty if the code breaks if the user changes the LGPL library, but you can't prevent it, nor legally, nor technically. Simo. -- Simo Sorce Samba Team GPL Compliance Officer email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://samba.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ qooxdoo-devel mailing list qooxdoo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel
