Re: What is the best built in Swing component for choosing fonts?
Lew wrote:
I ask again, why would you seek to avoid copyrighted software?
Ross wrote:
I'm not sure I quite get your angle here.
My "angle" is that any software you use is going to be copyrighted. There's
no way to avoid it unless you write it all yourself. Then it's still
copyrighted, but at least it's your copyright.
I don't want to use someone else's copyrighted software in my product,
Then you cannot use anyone else's software, neither open-source nor
closed-source, because it's all copyrighted.
because then I'd have to have the permission of the copyright owner,
or I'd be breaking the law. To get the permission of the copyright
owner may require me to pay them money, and/or may require me to
release my own software with a different licence to the licence I wish
to use.
Not if you use open-source software that has a license you can accept.
Perhaps the Apache License will suit you; it permits re-use of covered
artifacts for money.
But it's still copyrighted software.
--
Lew
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