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<DIV>I'd want to know your opinion, by <SPAN class=bold>apologising</SPAN>
for this out-of-the-list question.</DIV>
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<DIV>I dont understand if I can or not use third soft components I'd want to add
to my commercial application.<BR>I read and read and read GNU and GPL (are the
same?) and LGPL, BSD; MIT ... and I have not any conclusion (I'm very
confused)<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Starting at the point my appplication are going to be commercial, what can
and cannot I do whith the 'free' licenses types ? <BR>What about my own
development ? It can exist two uses :<BR>1.- I use third component (exe, lib +
source code or full source code)<BR>2.- I use full source code and I have
modified some parts.</DIV>
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<DIV>The check list is then :
<BR> Use
exe/dll Full source code Modified
source code <BR>GPL<BR>LGPL<BR>FOSS<BR>MIT<BR>BSD</DIV>
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<DIV>And the answer for each item :<BR>- Yes: You can use totally free.<BR>-
No1: You have to redistribute your whole own software<BR>- No2: You have to
redistribute only the modified original source code</DIV>
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<DIV>And whats about the obligation to show copyright ?<BR>- Yes : You have to
show a GNU/LGPL/etc copyright text.<BR>- No1 : You only have to inform that you
use a third component by its name.<BR>- No2: You have not to show no
copyright neither references.</DIV>
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<DIV>Can anybody fill the list ? Thanks</DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>