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by **emauro** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:03 am

Can we use CEF in a closed source app? It seems so since nothing uses GPL licensing but we would like to be sure before we start coding/changing our app. Thanks!!

by **magreenblatt** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:25 am

You can see the licensing terms for all components of CEF and Chromium here: http://code.google.com/chromium/terms.html

I am not a lawyer, but my understanding is that everything provided as part of the CEF binary distribution can be redistributed with closed source third-party applications without violating license terms. If you need a definitive answer you should consult legal council.

by **zakn** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:00 pm

magreenblatt wrote:You can see the licensing terms for all components of CEF and Chromium here: http://code.google.com/chromium/terms.html

This link is dead. Do you have an updated link for the CEF / Chromium licenses?

by **magreenblatt** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:07 pm

You can find the license of third party projects used by Chrome at chrome://credits in the browser.

by **zakn** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:46 pm

Thanks Marshall. Does the New BSD license that covers CEF include all of the CEF components (libcef.dylib, chrome.pak, etc.)?

I guess I'm wondering if I need to concern myself with the the licenses of these third party projects. Since everything eventually gets compiled into CEF, and CEF is New BSD, is that it?

by **magreenblatt** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:54 pm

I am not a lawyer, but my understanding is that everything provided as part of the CEF binary distribution can be redistributed with third-party applications without violating license terms. If you need a definitive answer you should consult legal council.

by **paperjam** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:24 pm

magreenblatt wrote:You can find the license of third party projects used by Chrome at chrome://credits in the browser.

That doesn't seem to work in CEF. Am I doing something wrong? Is there an easy way to have this work like in Chrome? Thanks!
Edit: to be clear, I get "Error -302 when loading url chrome://credits"

by **magreenblatt** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:40 am

paperjam wrote:
magreenblatt wrote:You can find the license of third party projects used by Chrome at chrome://credits in the browser.

That doesn't seem to work in CEF. Am I doing something wrong? Is there an easy way to have this work like in Chrome? Thanks!
Edit: to be clear, I get "Error -302 when loading url chrome://credits"

It would be a good idea to make this work in CEF. Please add an issue to the CEF issue tracker.

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