On 2010-05-14, Neil Haughton <neil.haugh...@autoscribe.co.uk> wrote: > My apologies if this is 'off topic', but what is the consensus with > regard to licence and copyright if log4net is used in an application I > am involved with?
I think there is. <http://www.apache.org/licenses/> and the license FAQ <http://www.apache.org/foundation/licence-FAQ.html> should probably help. For the rest of my mail read it with the usual "I am not a lawyer" and "if you are in doubt you must consult a lawyer" disclaimers. <http://www.apache.org/foundation/licence-FAQ.html#WhatDoesItMEAN> should give you the answers. > Is it sufficient to > - place a ReadMe on the application's installation CD that is copied > across with the application installation, the Readme containing a notice > that the application uses log4net which is published under the Apache > licence, with a URL link to the licence itself? Or > - instead of the link should we include the entire Apache licence in the > ReadMe document, or 4(a) of the license says "a copy of this License". > - is there something else we must do to satisfy the terms of the Apache > licence? 4(b) and (c) don't apply to your case and 4(d) is satisified by your ReadMe. Oh, it is "Apache log4net", not log4net. > As far as I can see the requirement to 'attach' the licence to the > software would be satisfied by placing it on the CD as I have described > and copying it across to sit in the application folder on the host > machine. I'm not even sure that you'd be required to copy it into the application folder itself. Won't hurt, though. > Is there a URL that will take me to a document explaining in simple > English the minimum I have to do to comply? The license FAQ is supposed to provide that. Stefan
