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Posted to c-dev@xerces.apache.org by Andrei <an...@OCF.Berkeley.EDU> on 2004/07/15 02:22:39 UTC
License agreement
Hello,
I am sorry for probably not getting something that should be obvious,
but am I allowed to use the Xerces library in a closed-source, non-free
program, or does linking to it make it so that my program has to be open
source/free?
Thank you,
Andrei
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Re: License agreement
Posted by Dirk-Willem van Gulik <di...@webweaving.org>.
On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, Andrei wrote:
> I am sorry for probably not getting something that should be obvious,
> but am I allowed to use the Xerces library in a closed-source, non-free
> program
Just read the license carefully; it came with your download. And the short
answer is yes - that use is no problem provided (and I am paraphrasing
here, DO read and understand the acutal license for the authoritative and
exact detail) include a copy of the license with the product, do not
remove any of the copyright statements and do no tuse the xerces or apache
name in any other way than as describing.
> or does linking to it make it so that my program has to be open
> source/free?
No - you are confusing the ASF license with the GPL license which imposes
additional restrictions.
Dw
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