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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 07/24/07 10:42
Toby A Inkster wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> Toby A Inkster wrote:
>>> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>>
>>>> However, they are developing a product to interface to Joomla, and one
>>>> which uses Joomla code. The Joomla people have every right to determine
>>>> licensing rights to anyone who uses their code.
>>> I agree, but the OP stated that the plugin didn't use a single line of
>>> Joomla code, which changes things completely.
>> No, but does it require Joomla to run? Does it call their API's?
>
> Irrelevant. My newsreader (PAN) requires Linux to run (actually it can be
> compiled for several operating systems, but the copy I have is compiled
> for Linux, so needs Linus to run). It calls Linux APIs.
>
> As it happens, Linux and PAN *are* both released under the same licence
> (the GPL), but they don't have to be.
>
>> Require changes to their modules?
>
> This is relevant.
>
No, it isn't, Toby. You have a license to call Linux API's, and that
license does not require PAN (or any other program) to be open source.
Linux itself is GPL - but its license does not require programs calling
its APIs to be GPL. Joomla is taking that one step further and
requiring programs using its API to be GPL.
Perfectly within their rights.
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