At 08:37 12/03/2001 +0100, Octopod Group wrote:
>Hi everybody,
>
>We're plannig to use SpiderMonkey javascript engine (together with NSPR)
>in upcoming, closed-source project.
>
>Can we use *unchanged* versions of these elements (e.g. original DLLs) and
>redistribute them without opening our source? We should put the credit
>line(s), pointers to www.mozilla.org but is something else needed (from the
>licensing point of view) ?
>
>I read the previous post that explains that JS is indeed intended in using
>in such environments. But what about NSPR which is netscape - licensed?
The licence covers each source file and its distribution, if you make no
amendments to the original source and simply call the DLLs then you can
apply whatever licence to your own source whether closed or not. You must
though follow all of the licence conditions for the NPL.
For your own sake I would make it explicitly clear that the source you are
taking is under the NPL and not the GPL to forestall attempts to say that
you have used GPL code. How you do this is still unclear, its feasible to
remove the alternate licence language from each of the headers on the
files, nothing in the licence prevents that. Alternatively, you might
think that a file distributed with the product that details where the
source of the files can be found and which licence is being used is sufficient.
Simon
>Cheers,
>
>Srdjan Mijanovic
>OctoGroup S.A.
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