I would like to know if it is possible and what is necessary in order to use Chromium in my closed source app. Since Chromium uses many other open-source libraries with different types of licenses I am not sure if I can use it or not. I don't want to waste programming hours and then realize that is not possible to use it.
Thanks, I read it before. The problem is due the amount of different licenses of the open-source libraries used in Chromium. Rephrasing: does any of them block the usage of Chromium in a closed-source app?
Eduardo Mauro
2010-07-26 19:43:00
I don't see any gpl licenses in there. So if you don't link the software staticly, mention all the components and make changes to the libraries open source, I think you are not breaking any licenses.
DiggyF
2010-07-27 06:15:10
We plan to use http://code.google.com/p/chromiumembedded/, that itself combines many libs inside a single DLL. We couldn't find any info regarding the use of it in a closed app project.
Eduardo Mauro
2010-07-28 13:27:47
There's a reference to the bsd license on that page, so you should be able to use it in closed software. The bsd license just requires a copyright notice.
DiggyF
2010-07-28 23:51:15