Using for commercial purpose

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Trajano Roberto

Using for commercial purpose

Post by Trajano Roberto » Thu Sep 26, 2002 1:48 pm

Hi All,

We have a need to produce a XYChart on a JSP page to trend pressure data stored on a database. Do I need to pay for using JFreeChart in my Web application.

Please advise

David Gilbert

Re: Using for commercial purpose

Post by David Gilbert » Thu Sep 26, 2002 2:10 pm

JFreeChart is free software under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL). You do not have to pay a licence fee to use JFreeChart.

If you distribute an application that incorporates JFreeChart, then you should note that (among other things) the licence requires you to distribute the JFreeChart source code (including any changes you make to it) to your customers, along with a copy of the LGPL so that they know it is free software (and without warranty).

You can find out much more about the LGPL at:

http://www.fsf.org

Regards,

DG

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