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NetTalk Web Server => Web Server - Share Knowledge => Topic started by: ChrisLaurie on June 22, 2007, 10:17:49 PM

Title: Licensing and javascripts
Post by: ChrisLaurie on June 22, 2007, 10:17:49 PM

Hi All

Now that we can build our own web servers/applications I started snooping around the internet for components to use, as becomes a member of the ultra lazy programmers club.

In an earlier reply to a question of mine regarding using javascript libraries, Bruce warned me against licensing - especially open source.

So my question is this: which licenses are acceptable and which are not.

A case in point: http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com/ (http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com/) They have a lot of stuff I would like to use. Their license is LGPL (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html))

This seems fine to me and OK, but what ro I know.

Your thoughts?

Cheers

Chris

Title: Re: Licensing and javascripts
Post by: Bruce on June 25, 2007, 12:44:16 AM

Mozilla and BSD are great.
So is "public domain".

LGPL should be fine.

GPL is not so good. (As it would make your whole clarion app open source)

Bottom line - if in doubt write to the authors and ask. There are a couple DHTMLGoodies things in NetTalk, I wrote to them and they gave permission for us to use it.

cheers
Bruce