Licensing Summary
Project JEDI and Open Source
Project JEDI is a strong advocate of the "open source" principle in software
development. Our library of free Delphi source code comprises:
The library is being built up by way of both donations of completed or partly-completed work freely given by developers and "start-from-scratch" development projects involving teams of project members.
The choice of a licensing scheme for protecting the copyright of these people's work in the Public Domain, while keeping open the door for subsequent development, was made after an intense project researching the options. The driver of the original licensing project was Michael Beck.
The Project JEDI Licensing Scheme
The scheme we chose for all Project JEDI code was the Mozilla Public Licence ("MPL")
version 1.1.
Mozilla is the Open Source initiative formulated by Netscape for the next generation of
their web browsers. Netscape states "We
believe this license satisfies the Debian
Free Software Guidelines which provide a commonly accepted definition of "free
software," much like other free software licenses such as GPL or BSD."
Project JEDI's implementation of the MPL allows developers to use its code in their applications ("Larger Work") regardless of whether the intended distribution will be in the public domain or as commercial applications, as long as the licence conditions are met. For a more detailed explanation, an annotated version of the MPL is available