Peter Fjelsten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 2005-Jan-20 at Thu PM 12:17:51 EST, wrote:
> Yes. But it should be pretty easy for RitLabs to look at the source for > Thunderbird (it being open) and pore over what _they_ have done to get > it all to work as well (?) as it does. :) It may be possible for Rit Labs to use some of the code in The Bat! according to section 3.7 of the Mozilla Public License: You may create a Larger Work by combining Covered Code with other code not governed by the terms of this License and distribute the Larger Work as a single product. In such a case, You must make sure the requirements of this License are fulfilled for the Covered Code. However, section 3.2 clearly states: Any Modification which You create or to which You contribute must be made available in Source Code form under the terms of this License either on the same media as an Executable version or via an accepted Electronic Distribution Mechanism to anyone to whom you made an Executable version available; and if made available via Electronic Distribution Mechanism, must remain available for at least twelve (12) months after the date it initially became available, or at least six (6) months after a subsequent version of that particular Modification has been made available to such recipients. You are responsible for ensuring that the Source Code version remains available even if the Electronic Distribution Mechanism is maintained by a third party. >From what I understand (I am not a lawyer), extracting some of the code and >using it is another application would be a modification, so the source of that file, at least, would need to be released. Also, Thunderbird is written in C++; The Bat! is written in Delphi. Finally, most developers consider it either bad taste or a violation of open-source licenses to look at code and then re-implement the same functionality. -- Chris Warrington (using WebMail) -- Chris ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.0.1.33 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
