ScaleAndTile is a separate work (not a derivative work) that uses the
library. You can license it any way you want, open or closed source. I
assume that ScaleAndTile doesn't use copied classes from iText! In this
case it would be a derivative work.
Paulo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 5:54 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [iText-questions] ScaleAndTile - a derivative work
> vs. a separatework
>
> This author has developed a compiled class, ScaleAndTile,
> that scales and tiles an image/PDF, producing a scaled PDF,
> as well as a PDF with a set of 8"x10.5" tiles of the scaled
> image/PDF. The compiled class is packaged as an executable
> JAR file, separate from the iText library that it uses.
>
> JelleB, a correspondent on RC Groups, www.rcgroups.com, has
> asserted that ScaleAndTile is a derivative work under the
> iText LGPL, because it "uses" the iText library, while this
> author's opinion is that it is a separate work. The
> "derivative vs. separate work" issue is significant, as parts
> of ScaleAndTile are under consideration for incorporation in
> the iText Toolbox, which is now distributed under the less
> restrictive so-called MIT license. This author has
> deliberately packaged ScaleAndTile separately from the iText
> library to protect the author's rights to establish the
> license (LGPL, MPL, or MIT) under which it is ultimately distributed
>
> So, the question for licensing experts is "Is ScaleAndTile a
> derivative work, just because it "uses" the iText library; or
> is ScaleAndTile a separate work, because it is not packaged
> with the iText library?"
>
> Cheers,
> Bill Segraves
>
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