Re: [tdf-discuss] Licenses for extensions

Hi,

thanks for your answer.

It really helped in the sense that it at least cleared up my immediate
doubts.

Thanks again

Cheers
Flávio

2012/3/8 Simon Phipps <simon@webmink.com>

> On 8 Mar 2012, at 10:16, Flavio Moringa wrote:
>
> > I guys,
> >
> > I have a simple doubt about the licensing scheme to be used for building
> > extensions.
> >
> > I known that to be published on the extensions web site they have to have
> > an Open Source Licence (GPL, BSD,etc...)
> >
> > But if you just want to make an extension for any purpose, and you don't
> > need it to be published, can any license be used? Even a closed source
> one?
>
> You are always free to release your own source code under any license you
> wish. If you re-use code from any source you will naturally need to comply
> with the terms of the license, but there's no inherent need to do this for
> most extensions.
>
> > Is there any connection between libreoffice's license and the extensions
> > license? Does it also apply to OpenOfffice.org?
>
> There might be in certain circumstances where there are issues; you should
> consult an expert privately as mailing lists are not the place to get such
> advice. But in the general case, there are unlikely to be licensing issues
> affecting extensions caused by the licensing of LibreOffice or
> OpenOffice.org or, when they release their first version, Apache Open
> Office.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> S.
>
>
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