RG wrote: > > I have developed a plugin for Mozilla/Netscape that makes use of NSS > libraries (nss and smime). The plugin is gonna be free distributed. I am not > gonna distribute NSS libraries. > I have a couple of questions: > - A general one: does a plugin for Mozilla/Netscape need to be released > under any license ?
If you don't incorporate any Mozilla code you can use any license you want. Your choice of license will depend on whether you wish to share your code with others and under what terms. > - NSS libraries (binaries) can be found with latest Mozilla releases. That > is not the case with Netscape (6.2 for example). If some people that wants > to make use of my plugin only have Netscape (6.2 for example) installed, is > there any license-problem for them if they get the nss library binaries from > Mozilla ? Or should I release the plugin together with nss binaries for > those not having them ? If you ship the NSS binaries yourself you must meet the distribution requirements of the license even if you're not modifying them (mainly telling your users you're including NSS, that it's MPL'd, and where they can get the source -- but see the license for the legal details). There's no problem if you send Netscape users off to download something from the mozilla.org site. -Dan Veditz
