Can i distribute??

Hiya,
I am developing an JAVA-application on my own, which i want to distribute / spread out when i finishes it. I might even think of trying to sell it to people who are interested.
All i want to know is if i CAN distribute my JAVA program without having trouble with copyrights or something like that. Or what i have to do to being able to distribute the program.
Anyone knows?
Thanx in advance
Greetz
MavericKW

All i want to know is if i CAN distribute my JAVA
program without having trouble with copyrights or
something like that. Or what i have to do to being
able to distribute the program. You hold the copyright of any programs you write. (If you work in software development, this may be modified by your contract - so you may need to ask them for advice.)
You can distribute anything you write, in whatever manner you wish. Personally, i'd be a bit wary if I used an IDE and GUI generator. This code wasn't technically written by me, and if not checked may bring in non-standard classes which may have restrictive distribution.
If you have used 3rd-party code/libraries in your program, you'll need to see their license to check what they say about redistribution of their code/libraries.
Generally, code you write is yours.
Regards,
Bhaveet

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Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition
Version 1.4.1
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