[pLog-svn] templates/plugins have to be GPL without an"exemption"?

[Mark Wu]

For LifeType, I think the issue is easy.
 
We already made an announcement before that we allowed developers use their
own license in their own works.
 
So, the template/plugin developer don't need to follow the GPL license. They
can release their templates or plugins with BSD, CC or other license they
like.
 
But, we encourage developer use GPL license to release the plugins and
templates.
 
Mark


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From: plog-svn-bounces at devel.lifetype.net
[mailto:plog-svn-bounces at devel.lifetype.net] On Behalf Of Matt Wood
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 10:27 PM
To: LifeType Developer List
Subject: Re: [pLog-svn] templates/plugins have to be GPL without
an"exemption"?


I was more reacting to the guy just removing the link from the template. Not
that templates need to be <parent license> or not.

My basic argument is: just because the author of a template failed to comply
with the GPL, that does not give any rights to other people to disregard the
license said template is distributed with GPL instead. All you can do is
report the licensing infringement, sue the author or ask him nicely. You as
a user are not entitled to just change the license. 

But I was kinda interested in this issue, and I spent a good amount of time
pouring over it this morning...

I can't help but think about the nVidia driver in linux though... how are
plugin's developed for lifetype different than nvidia's closed source driver
developed for linux using the exposed APIs? 

Check out these links:
http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/a-gpl-license-question/
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=184557
http://cmsreport.com/node/1091




On 9/24/07, Jon Daley <plogworld at jon.limedaley.com> wrote: 

        How are you reading the links you sent?  To me it sounds like the
first one requires us to write an exception clause (which the original
author mentioned that wordpress doesn't.
        The second article seems to imply we are in the "borderline" case 
at best, and probably more likely that the plugins would have to be
released under GPL.

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, Matt Wood wrote:

> I'm not sure he's right in doing that.
>
> http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WMS
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins
>
> -Matt
>
> On 9/22/07, Jon Daley <plogworld at jon.limedaley.com> wrote:
>>
>> http://wordpress-plugins.feifei.us/10/wordpress-themes-are-gpl-code/
>>
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