Ok. Perfectly clear about shipping or not binaries. I have only one more question related to "using" NSS: if I understood right, the combination: plugin-is-only-using-NSS-library-binaries + not-shipping-NSS-binaries-myself does not demand me to release my plugin under any Mozilla license. Is that right?
/R "Daniel Veditz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > 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 >
