On 21/11/2001 at 10:28 Ed Welch wrote: >Hi, >I am working on a commercial application, that needs a HTML viewer. >We are considering using the Mozilla component to do this, accessing it >through the embedding API. >I have read the MPL license, but I still need some points clarified: > > As the application is only accessing Mozilla browser through the API, I >am not modifying > Mozilla source code, therefore I do not need to make the source code of >the application public?
You need to provide the location where the source is available. The general case is the mozilla.org site, however, if you are using a particular version of the source you should identify it by either the date of the tarball or the tag to extract it from CVS. > > Also there is no problem charging customers for this software (i.e. the >application as a whole would have a different license)? You can charge as you like for your application, but you won't be charging for the Mozilla component itself. > > I can redistribute the Mozilla executables alone, I do not need to >redistribute the Mozilla source code as well? You need to ensure that the source is available. > > The application needs to mention that it uses the Mozilla component, >which is available under MPL and that the terms of the > license are obeyed. This information could appear in the about box? Yes that should be sufficient, if you are using a splashscreen at the beginning of the app it could be flashed on there as well. Simon > >I would greatly appreciate if anyone could tell me if the above statements >are correct, > >Thanks for your help, > >Ed
