lapi is just client side files like lapi.jar and dll's in the windows platform.When you install lapi in your computer it gets added to the system path .When I develop applications using lapi I use the deployment wizard and it picks up the dependencies.
So when deploying my application it will say VJ redristributable not found,would you like to install.Once done it will work on the lapi.dll bundled in my app.
I work in organization where they have bought livelink and the SDK, the one that you use to develop lapi. I am not a attorney or lawyer so I could not tell you whether OT will come after you for using lapi
Lapi is being deprecated so I started writing most of the stuff in websvcs.
Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
James Thurber, New Yorker cartoon caption, June 5, 1937
Certified OT Developer,Livelink ECM Champion 2008,Livelink ECM Champion 2010