Re: Problem about licence and copyright, worry me more than learning a new language
ZeodoHokill <[email protected]> Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:53:41 -0700 (PDT)
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On Aug 20, 5:17 am, Frank Hecker <[email protected]> wrote: > ZeodoHokill wrote: > > About my dependence with ChrominFrame, I just invoke some function > > provide by it and also reference to some id of it, I didn't copy any > > code from ChrominFrame. In MPL it is clear that if I copy/modify some > > code I need to state in licence header, but it is not clear what to do > > if I just reference to other's code. > > If you are just calling ChrominFrame code (and not actually including > ChrominFrame code in your own source files) then the MPL license on the > ChrominFrame code does not affect the license you can choose for your > own code. > > However if you distribute the ChrominFrame code as part of your overall > extension then you need to satisfy the MPL requirements for the > Chrominframe code, including notifying people that source code is > available for ChrominFrame and telling them where to find the source code. > > Frank > > P.S. The usual disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, this is not legal advic, etc. > > -- > Frank Hecker > [email protected] Thank You very much, I know what to do now