William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: > Jorge Schrauwen wrote: >> I'd like to add an additional note to this but I'm unsure in how to >> phrase it. >> What I want to say is: >> That I take the source tarball's that are posted e.g. >> httpd-2.2.4-win32-src.zip (only official release no T&R, svn etc). >> >> I'd also like to knew if I need to add an additional disclaimer that I >> don't offer any warranties if somehow (unlikely) manage to cost a >> company huge sums of money and they want to sue me. > > If you simply note these are the officially released sources and you > provide compiled binaries under the Apache License 2.0 (with no warranty > as spelled out under that license), you should be in reasonably good shape. > > If you export from a country that has cryptographic export controls (e.g. > computer programs-as-munitions) you should either avoid shipping any SSL > components or be very careful to follow the export regulations.
And as Jim says, don't take this as legal advise, you are best to consult with a lawyer, or a software redistributor in your country who's thoroughly reviewed the issue of redistributing or building binaries of open source software. Note there can be legal differences between a program source code and a functioning, compiled program, depending on your jursidiction ;-) Bill
