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| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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This license among others force us to provides the source +</I>><i> >> > code of the forum if we deploy it ( even privately ) for at least for 12 +</I>><i> >> > months after we decided to stop use it. +</I>><i> >> > +</I>><i> >> > That's quite a strong requirement, but that's not the only issue. +</I>><i> >> > +</I>><i> >> > FSF say this is not compatible with GPL. ( see +</I>><i> >> > <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#NonFreeSoftwareLicense">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#NonFreeSoftwareLicense</A> , +</I>><i> >> > search "reciprocal public license", there is also others reasons ) +</I>><i> >> > +</I>><i> >> > Phpbb is distributed under the GPL, and I would like to be sure there is +</I>><i> >> > nothing fishy about that. +</I>><i> >> +</I>><i> >> We could relicense the whole under AGPL v3 which fullfills all requirements (and a little more) ? +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > I wish that would be so simple. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Then couldn't we just keep both separate in our repository (with each +</I>><i> relative licenses) and have those integrated only for the production +</I>><i> server? or too complex? +</I> +phpbb-seo modifie the code of phpbb directly for integration. + +See the git snapshot ( <A HREF="git://git.mageia.org/forum/">git://git.mageia.org/forum/</A> using a git client, +and grep -r -i seo ). So the question is "what is the license of the +resulting file, as it mix 2 incompatibles licenses". I am pretty sure +that the GPL forbid such mix ( as this is the reason of the creation of +LGPL ). + +><i> (I mean, if that isn't even possible, that would mean that phpbb-seo +</I>><i> is in a dead end from the beginning wrt to license requirements from +</I>><i> both its own RPL and phpbb's GPL) +</I> +Well, yes, they could perfectly do gpl violation without knowing. I am +not sure about this but this would requires IMHO a opinion from a +lawyer. I have tried to read the FAQ of the FSF, and the only thing that +would be similar is this : +<A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLIncompatibleAlone">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLIncompatibleAlone</A> + +So : +2 questions : +1) who is volunteer to contact upstream ? +2) what do we do in the meantime ? +-- +Michael Scherer + +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000374.html">[Mageia-webteam] Forum installation (almost) complete +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000376.html">[Mageia-webteam] Forum installation (almost) complete +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#375">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#375">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#375">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#375">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-webteam">More information about the Mageia-webteam +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |