Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 07/24/07 19:04

Toby A Inkster wrote:
> 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.
>

They may interpret it as that way - I haven't seen their reasoning, and
quite frankly haven't checked their license in detail. But they are
completely within their rights to enforce conditions above and beyond
what GPL requires. They just can't require LESS than what GPL requires.

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