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Author Re: FCKEditor open source license: what are the conditions for free
Jerry Stuckle

2006-12-03, 6:57 pm

crescent_au@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi all,
> I was not sure which forum I should put my question in. Please forgive
> me if I've used a wrong forum.
>
> I want to use FCKEditor for a php-based website I am developing for a
> company. I am a bit about the licensing issue. They seem to
> have 2 types of license: http://www.fckeditor.net/license.
>
> Under open source license, it says:
>
> "For example, if you distribute copies of the library, whether gratis
> or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that we gave
> you. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source
> code. If you link other code with the library, you must provide
> complete object files to the recipients, so that they can relink them
> with the library after making changes to the library and recompiling
> it. And you must show them these terms so they know their rights."
>
> It looks like I have to provide the source code of FCKEditor with my
> website. Does that mean, I give public access to the javascript files
> or whatever files they have used in FCKEditor?
>
> I just wanted to make sure that I can use FCKeditor in the website.
>
> Thanks!
>


Rather than cross-posting this to multiple newsgroups, why not just ask
the authors themselves? No one else will be able to give you an
authoritative answer.

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