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MuPDF is licensed under GNU AGPLv3 #1

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sebras opened this issue Apr 11, 2018 · 2 comments
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MuPDF is licensed under GNU AGPLv3 #1

sebras opened this issue Apr 11, 2018 · 2 comments

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@sebras
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sebras commented Apr 11, 2018

As I see from this path your repository is distributing a pre-compiled version of MuPDF which is licensed under GNU AGPLv3 license. You are however not specifying under what license you distribute MuPDF. You need to fix this.

It would be easiest for you to distribute your entire project under the same GNU AGPLv3 license as MuPDF itself. That way you would definitely avoid any licensing issues, otherwise you need to determine if the license you choose is compatible with GNU AGPLv3. When you update your repository to state the license, please also take care to mention exactly what version/commit of the MuPDF source you used to compile the binary libraries. The reason being that the GNU AGPLv3 license requires you to be able to distribute the exact sources used upon request, or at least provide a link to a repository where this source code can be retrieved.

If you are not able to conform to the GNU AGPLv3 license requirements you have no option but to delete your repository.

@blestan
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blestan commented Apr 11, 2018

dll removed to avoid any licencces issues :))
any one interested in this lararus binding should find a way to get a licenced copy of mufdf

@sebras
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sebras commented Apr 11, 2018

Unfortunately that is not enough. After you commit libmupdf.dll is still available from the git history in your repository. More over the license of your code is still unclear. That means that users of your code would end up in a licensing issue when they do find a GNU AGPLv3-licensed libmupdf.dll file to use with your code because your code is not released under a license compatible with the terms of GNU AGPLv3. The same is true for e.g. n1tehawk that has cloned your repository.

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