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color=#0000ff size=2>For LifeType, I think the issue is
easy.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=628533814-24092007><FONT face=新細明體
color=#0000ff size=2>We already made an announcement before that we allowed
developers use their own license in their own works.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=628533814-24092007><FONT face=新細明體
color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=628533814-24092007><FONT face=新細明體
color=#0000ff size=2>But, we encourage developer use GPL license to release
the plugins and templates.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=628533814-24092007><FONT face=新細明體
color=#0000ff size=2>Mark</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> plog-svn-bounces@devel.lifetype.net
[mailto:plog-svn-bounces@devel.lifetype.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Matt
Wood<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 24, 2007 10:27 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
LifeType Developer List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pLog-svn] templates/plugins
have to be GPL without an"exemption"?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>I was more reacting to the guy just removing the link from the
template. Not that templates need to be <parent license> or
not.<BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>But I was
kinda interested in this issue, and I spent a good amount of time pouring over
it this morning...<BR><BR>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?
<BR><BR>Check out these links:<BR><A
href="http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/a-gpl-license-question/">http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/a-gpl-license-question/</A><BR><A
href="http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=184557">http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=184557</A><BR><A
href="http://cmsreport.com/node/1091">http://cmsreport.com/node/1091</A><BR><BR><BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 9/24/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Jon
Daley</B> <<A
href="mailto:plogworld@jon.limedaley.com">plogworld@jon.limedaley.com</A>>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"> How
are you reading the links you sent? To me it sounds like
the<BR>first one requires us to write an exception clause (which the
original<BR>author mentioned that wordpress
doesn't.<BR> The second
article seems to imply we are in the "borderline" case <BR>at best, and
probably more likely that the plugins would have to be<BR>released under
GPL.<BR><BR>On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, Matt Wood wrote:<BR><BR>> I'm not sure
he's right in doing that.<BR>><BR>> <A
href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WMS">http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WMS</A><BR>>
<A
href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins</A><BR>><BR>>
-Matt<BR>><BR>> On 9/22/07, Jon Daley <<A
href="mailto:plogworld@jon.limedaley.com">plogworld@jon.limedaley.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>>><BR>>> <A
href="http://wordpress-plugins.feifei.us/10/wordpress-themes-are-gpl-code/">http://wordpress-plugins.feifei.us/10/wordpress-themes-are-gpl-code/</A><BR>>><BR>>>
--<BR>>> Jon Daley<BR>>> <A
href="http://jon.limedaley.com/">http://jon.limedaley.com/</A><BR>>><BR>>>
One of the "Best T-Shirts of 1998" <BR>>> "I am the person your
parents warned you about"<BR>>>
_______________________________________________<BR>>> pLog-svn mailing
list<BR>>> <A
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<A
href="http://limedaley.com/mailman/listinfo/plog-svn">http://limedaley.com/mailman/listinfo/plog-svn</A><BR>>><BR>><BR><BR>--<BR>Jon
Daley<BR><A
href="http://jon.limedaley.com/">http://jon.limedaley.com/</A><BR><BR>To
understand recursion, you must first understand
recursion.<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pLog-svn
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