On Mon, 22 May 2006 21:53:50 +0100 Ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So you're saying that the copyright owners of the third party jars > the software uses cannot sue me for changing their licencing terms if > I distribute the binary version of my software with their jars?
Do the licenses to these jars give you the right to redistribute them? > (Again this assumes the GPL licence affects all libraries that are > linked to my code). The GPL only affects what has been licensed under the GPL. You do not need to distribute your code with the jars. First, having a program dependent on a particular version is bad karma. Second, many people don't want multiple instances of the same library (especially different versions) on their systems. Third, if these libraries are freely available from a reputable source, there is no need to add them to your distribution. Fourth, it avoids all license issues. Just distribute your product under a license that achieves what you want. -- Stefaan A Eeckels -- Q: If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people in the world? A: Because they don't know they're ignorant. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
