However when I downloaded the v1.6 zip file and extracted it, I see a license.txt file in the top directory which states that it is covered under the LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License). CPL is okay for me, but I can't use anything that's LGPL.
It sounds like some really useful code. Can a version be made available that is covered only by the CPL?
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So this means that with the 1.6 version, it's still LGPL ?
Just asking because i can use LGPL better than CPL :)
Can you confirm or deny this , Derrick ?
Thanks !
Jeroen
PS: I'm only in need of the HtmlParser.jar in my project, but that doens't contain any license.txt.
Am i just free to use the htmlparser in my project, knowing that it is lgpl , as well as my own stuff ?
That's a bit unclear to me too :)
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Yes, HTML Parser 1.6 and earlier are licensed under the LGPL.
For version 2.0 it was switched to CPL to accommodate groups in the Apache camp.
Ian Macfarlane has asked that version 2.0 be dual licensed, which I intend to do someday. I just haven't got a round tooit.
From my limited understanding, if you bake an LGPL library into another application you don't need to redistribute source code, but you do need to include the license text somewhere, theoretically where people would notice it, indicating "Some portions of this application are licensed under the Lesser Gnu Public licence, which you can find here...". Similar restrictions apply to the CPL.
Derrick
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On the project website it states that the license for this parser is the Common Public License;
http://htmlparser.sourceforge.net/license.html
However when I downloaded the v1.6 zip file and extracted it, I see a license.txt file in the top directory which states that it is covered under the LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License). CPL is okay for me, but I can't use anything that's LGPL.
It sounds like some really useful code. Can a version be made available that is covered only by the CPL?
You want version 2.0:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=24399&package_id=47712
The license was changed to CPL just recently.
So this means that with the 1.6 version, it's still LGPL ?
Just asking because i can use LGPL better than CPL :)
Can you confirm or deny this , Derrick ?
Thanks !
Jeroen
PS: I'm only in need of the HtmlParser.jar in my project, but that doens't contain any license.txt.
Am i just free to use the htmlparser in my project, knowing that it is lgpl , as well as my own stuff ?
That's a bit unclear to me too :)
Jeroen,
Yes, HTML Parser 1.6 and earlier are licensed under the LGPL.
For version 2.0 it was switched to CPL to accommodate groups in the Apache camp.
Ian Macfarlane has asked that version 2.0 be dual licensed, which I intend to do someday. I just haven't got a round tooit.
From my limited understanding, if you bake an LGPL library into another application you don't need to redistribute source code, but you do need to include the license text somewhere, theoretically where people would notice it, indicating "Some portions of this application are licensed under the Lesser Gnu Public licence, which you can find here...". Similar restrictions apply to the CPL.
Derrick