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From: "William A. Rowe, Jr." <wrowe@rowe-clan.net>
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William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote:
> Jorge Schrauwen wrote:
>> I'd like to add an additional note to this but I'm unsure in how to
>> phrase it.
>> What I want to say is:
>> That I take the source tarball's that are posted e.g.
>> httpd-2.2.4-win32-src.zip (only official release no T&R, svn etc).
>>
>> I'd also like to knew if I need to add an additional disclaimer that I
>> don't offer any warranties if somehow (unlikely) manage to cost a
>> company huge sums of money and they want to sue me.
> 
> If you simply note these are the officially released sources and you
> provide compiled binaries under the Apache License 2.0 (with no warranty
> as spelled out under that license), you should be in reasonably good shape.
> 
> If you export from a country that has cryptographic export controls (e.g.
> computer programs-as-munitions) you should either avoid shipping any SSL
> components or be very careful to follow the export regulations.

And as Jim says, don't take this as legal advise, you are best to consult
with a lawyer, or a software redistributor in your country who's thoroughly
reviewed the issue of redistributing or building binaries of open source
software.  Note there can be legal differences between a program source
code and a functioning, compiled program, depending on your jursidiction ;-)

Bill