On Mon, 22 May 2006 21:53:50 +0100
Ben <na@na.com> wrote:
So you're saying that the copyright owners of the third party jars
the software uses cannot sue me for changing their licencing terms if
I distribute the binary version of my software with their jars?
Do the licenses to these jars give you the right to redistribute them?
(Again this assumes the GPL licence affects all libraries that are
linked to my code).
The GPL only affects what has been licensed under the GPL.
You do not need to distribute your code with the jars. First, having
a program dependent on a particular version is bad karma. Second, many
people don't want multiple instances of the same library (especially
different versions) on their systems. Third, if these libraries are
freely available from a reputable source, there is no need to add them
to your distribution. Fourth, it avoids all license issues.
Just distribute your product under a license that achieves what you
want.