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NW.js Essentials

You're reading from   NW.js Essentials Build native desktop applications for Windows, Mac OS, or Linux using the latest web technologies

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2015
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ISBN-13 9781785280863
Length 192 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Meet NW.js FREE CHAPTER 2. NW.js Native UI APIs 3. Leveraging the Power of Node.js 4. Data Persistence Solutions and Other Browser Web APIs 5. Let's Put It All Together 6. Packaging Your Application for Distribution 7. Automated Packaging Tools 8. Let's Debug Your Application 9. Taking Your Application to the Next Level Index

About NW.js application licensing


I'm no lawyer and you shouldn't trust me so much on this; however, I felt I should give you at least some hints on how to deal with NW.js application licensing.

First, I quote what is stated on the GitHub Wiki page of the project:

"Since the binary is based on Chromium, multiple open source license notices are needed including the MIT License, the LGPL, the BSD, the Ms-PL and an MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license."

You can find most of these at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html.

From my understanding, the MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license is a license that lets you choose one of the three as a better fit for your project, so you don't need to release your code under an open source license as established by the GPL license, but you can go with a commercial license.

I quote the online documentation of the NW.js project again:

"This doesn't apply to your code and you don't have to open source your code"

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