Edoardo,
If you copy any EPL code and make changes to that copy, those
changes need to be made available under EPL-license in source form.
That doesn't mean the whole product built around it can't be
commercially licensed closed source, it just means you must share the
source. I know of IBM products that do this kind of copy it and change
it type of thing with EMF/SDO, and then make a zip file of just the
changed files available on some public website when the product is
shipped...
Edoardo Comar wrote:
Hi
Lee
your interpretation of my post
> If I'm correct about your question, it is a question like "Can I
take a
> Program licensed under the EPL, modify it, compile it, and
commercially
> license the result?"
is not exactly what I meant. I was essentially asking if you can
take "code snippets" (lines/methods/classes) of an EPL program,
possibly modfy them to suit your program, and use them in you own
commercially licensed, distributed in object code form only, without
having to distribute your sources (the ones where you have made use of
some code coming from an EPL-licensed program).
Edoardo
Lee Anne wrote:
NOte: I am not a lawyer. I cannot give legal advice. (I have to put
that up front here).
FAQ #24 of the eplfaq says that if your question isn't answered there,
to contact license@xxxxxxxxxxx.
I think that your question is:
"If I modify Eclipse code and compile the modified code, can I use the
resulting object code in a commercial program redistributed in object
form only?"
(If I'm incorrect, please clarify further).
The eplfaq has question #15 that says "Can I take a Program licensed
under the EPL, compile it without modification, and commercially
license the result?"
If I'm correct about your question, it is a question like "Can I take a
Program licensed under the EPL, modify it, compile it, and commercially
license the result?"
Sincerely,
Lee Anne
Edoardo Comar wrote:
Hi
** I am not expecting legal advice here **
Just an opinion please.
Even after reading
http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
http://www.eclipse.org/legal/legalfaq.php
http://www.eclipse.org/legal/eplfaq.php
I wasn't able to clarify whether snippets of Eclipse/EPL code can be
used/modified in a commercial program redistributed in object from
only.
The FAQ only say that *if* source is redistributed, then the source
that originated from EPL sources must be licensed under EPL.
But if one chooses not to redistribute source ?
thanks
Edoardo
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