Re: Open source software, license, and java class header

[Ashish Kulkarni <kulkarni_ash1312@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi
I am not creating software for selling, but for
internal use for my clients,

--- Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ashish,
>
> David is right on here.  Read the license agreement
> to make sure your 
> use of the code covered by the agreement.  In most
> cases, if you are 
> using the code internally, you don't have any
> issues.
>
> For something like jt400, the IBM Public License
> gives you fairly broad 
> rights to redistribute the jt400 code.  For me, I
> usually just a=include 
> a link to the jt400 so it can be downloaded, rather
> than including the 
> jt400.jar in my distributions.  You can, however,
> package it any way you 
> like.
>
> If you have modified the actual jt400 source code
> itself, the IBM Public 
> license allows you to redistribute those changes
> without being required 
> to contribute your changes to the jt400 team.
>
> As for your own code, you can chose to distribute it
> however you want.  
> David's recommendation to engage an IP attorney to
> protect your IP as 
> well as make sure you aren't infringing on others is
> a good, but 
> expensive, recommendation.  In the case of you using
> JT400 for a DB 
> connection in your application, you don't have to
> make any mention of 
> that in your source code or give credit to the jt400
> team (unless you 
> want to).
>
> Pete Helgren
>
> Ashish Kulkarni wrote:
> > Hi
> > Is there some place where i can get information
> about
> > what i need to add in my source code, when using
> open
> > source projects,
> > For example if i am using JT400, which is open
> source,
> > do i have to add anything to all my java source.
> > Is there any website or some thing for help
> >
> > Ashish
> >
> > A$HI$H
> >
> >
> >