B4J Question Creating software with B4J (and B4A) which are under the BSD license

[christianjeannot]

Hello Community,

is it possible with B4J (and B4A) to create software and offer it with a BSD license together with the source code?

Best regards

--Christian

 

[roerGarcia]

I guess so.
That would make the IDE more popular.
And that is one of the reasons why it is now free except for IOS.
Whoever does something like that would be publishing their code with the permission to modify it without limitations, right?

 

[christianjeannot]

Yes, that is my understanding.

I refer to the 2-clause version.

    Copyright (c) <year>, <copyright holder> Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

        Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
        Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

 

[Cableguy]

I would add also a mention in the License to Anywhere Software and B4X.com

 

[aeric]

I don’t understand. I already shared the source code of my creation for free in this forum and also GitHub with or without open source license.