If I use jQuery, must my Web App be GPL'd?

Question

I'm working on a Web App Framework that I'd like to put under the Eclipse Public License for various reasons. The only problem is that I want to include jQuery in the framework, and that is under the GPL and / or MIT licenses.

Edit 1: The core of the framework is coded in PHP, using jQuery to jazz up the client side of things. I'm not too worried about the JavaScript being out there. My main concern is the PHP.

Does this mean that I can only license my framework under the GPL or MIT License?

I understand that no one here is necessarily a laywer, and won't hold anyone responsible or accountable

Answer 1

No, MIT license is not viral.

Answer 2

No. http://docs.jquery.com/Licensing

The linked MIT license is very short and readable. It determines how you can use the library and basically says there are no restrictions in use, only in modification.

Answer 3

Your javascript source code is already available to anyone who uses the page anyway.

Answer 4

The license extends to the jQuery itself, not for your code. (unless you modify jQuery with your code)

Answer 5

When it says "Available under the GPL and/or MIT license" it means that you agree to abide by the terms of at least one of those two licenses when using JQuery. As EFraim points out, the MIT license does not impose the requirement that you use the MIT license for your program, so you can simply say "I choose to abide by the MIT license for JQuery" and so keep your program under the EPL.