Posted by Toby A Inkster on 07/24/07 15:37

Jerry Stuckle wrote:

> 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.

But what they seem to be claiming is that the GPL itself demands that all
plugins must be GPL'd, and I disagree with that interpretation.

Yes, it is well within their rights to demand that plugins are GPL -- but
then they are enforcing conditions over and above what the GPL requires.

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Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
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