Hi Trevor, There was a similar thread posted a little while ago on the forums (link below). I believe it will answer your questions, so I invite you to check it out (particularly Daniel Berlin's comments).
http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit/browse_thread/thread/15ff3d452670c327 Hope that helps, -Sumit Chandel On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Trevor Law <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I noticed that Google Web Toolkit bundles two pieces of software that > are under the LGPL, JFreeChart and WebKit. As a result, I was > concerned about using web application framework that includes GWT, > Vaadin, and posted my concerns on the Vaadin forums: > > http://vaadin.com/forum/-/message_boards/message/36178 > > The CEO essentially said that the two LGPL'd packages were optional in > GWT. I was if anyone with better knowledge of the GWT implementation > could tell me if this is the case. Is JFreeChart just co-distributed > for convenience, or are there GWT classes that depend on it? If these > packages are LGPL'd, what obligations does that put on me as far as > source release? From looking at this forum and others, the answer > lies somewhere between "nothing" and "release all source". The Apache > license under which GWT is licensed seems to not contain any source > release clause, but if LGPL requires it, it seems like GWT's license > would not be legal. > > If I am confused about the issue, is it commonly accepted as safe to > not release application source with potentially LGPL'd code until/ > unless someone asks for it? It wouldn't be the end of the world for > me to release the source, as the planned project is more personal/ > hobby than commercial at the moment, but I am worried that someone > could take my code and claim that they, rather than I, are the > original author. Have criminal suits been brought against people for > GPL violations without giving them a chance to rectify the situation > by releasing source after the alleged violation? > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
