Re: SDK header translations licensing?

At 06:14 PM 4/03/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>As a slight aside does anyone have an example of the declaration
>required by MPL for an exe? For source it's obvious, but the MPL
>itself isn't that clear about what you need for exe distribution
>though it says you can...

There is no "declaration for an exe".  MPL is about source code.  "Open" + 
"source".

MPL requires you to make the source code available for any pieces you use 
which are distributed under the MPL and to include the standard header on 
the source code.  If you don't distribute the source code with your exe 
(you are not required to) then you must provide a text file indicating 
where it can be found.

You must use it "as distributed";  or, if you change the source, then you 
are required to release the modified source under the MPL and provide 
public access to it.

The licence does not allow you to copy/paste code from MPL sources into 
your own source code--that is theft.

Regarding the Microsoft API headers - the original doubt expressed in this 
thread is a storm in a teacup.  As long as you retain the correct JEDI 
header (see http://delphi-jedi.org/ADMINLICENSING you are doing the right 
thing regarding Microsoft's copyrights on the SDK.  Microsoft's copyright 
to the C headers remains untouched by translation.  The copyright to the 
Pascal translation remains with the person who did the translation (*NOT* 
Project JEDI).

Some third-party (rarely!!) apply special restrictions to the use of their 
SDKs, which you should check carefully before submitting a translation 
under the MPL.  However, in general, if SDKs are made available in the 
public domain and you don't have to buy a licence to use them, then 
publishing a translation of them is always OK, as long as you properly 
attribute the owner of the copyrighted original.

If there are JEDI API conversions being distributed without the headers, 
then JEDI is in trouble. If there are modified JEDI API conversions in the 
wild without the properly updated headers, then the person distributing 
them is in trouble.  If there are executables that have used the JEDI 
conversions being distributed without the licensing stuff, then the person 
distributing the executable is in trouble - both with Project JEDI and with 
the owner of the SDK.

Helen



 
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