[jcifs] How to distribute

Christopher R. Hertel crh at ubiqx.mn.org
Thu Sep 7 19:57:32 GMT 2006


Richard Caper wrote:
> Technically, he would only need to provide the source to whoever he
> distributes the binary to; i.e. assuming he is only distributing the
> modified jcifs library to the users of his commercial app, they are
> the only ones he is obligated to give the source to.  Those users,
> however, are entitled to freely redistribute it under the LGPL.

Right, but if the changes are interesting and good then they may make it
into the general jCIFS distribution, in which simplifies things for everyone.

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