Re: License clarification

[Rui P. C. <The...@rp...>]

Hello Ingo. Thank you very much for your fast reply. Just to clarify, it is
only the one that distributes dnsjava.jar that has the obligation right?
Even if the cause of the inclusion is using my library. If I never
distribute it, I'm never in violation. Sorry for the hassle but in rather
new to all of this

Thank you,
Rui

On Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 19:44 Ingo Bauersachs <in...@ji...> wrote:

> Rui Pedro Caldeira via dnsjava-users wrote on 2020-11-08:
> > Hello all!
> > First off all great work on the dnsjava project. It is really great to
> > see what can be done with it :)
> >
> > I'm building my own library where I use dnsjava and I'm planning to
> > release it to the public under Apache License Version 2.0. I want to make
> > sure that i'm not committing any license violation and that I can use
> > your library in my library,
>
> That is fine, you can use dnsjava from an Apache licensed library.
> However, if you, or a consumer of your library, distribute a dnsjava.jar,
> you need to ship the license file (
> https://github.com/dnsjava/dnsjava/blob/master/LICENSE) along with it.
> This is similar to the requirement of the Apache 2 license.
>
> > Thank you very much for your time
> > Rui
>
> Cheers,
> Ingo
>
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