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SMF 2.0 and Joomla bridge?

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GravuTrad:
It's incredible to see that gpl forbid a thing...for a free licence it's incredible...

Kindred:
oh...   GPL is probably one of the worst licenses out there...

It **LOOKS** like it's free, but there is actually a built in restriction that anything associated with it has to be GPL (or GPL compatible). The problem, in Joomla's case is that (as I understand it), they are using the most restrictive of GPL versions...   which means that even GPL-compatible might not be valid.

Oldiesmann:
Best thing to do would be to contact the Joomla devs and ask them specifically. If they still say "no", then we'll just officially give up :)

青山 素子:

--- Quote from: Norv on June 19, 2011, 04:09:37 PM ---Actually, BSD is GPL-compatible.

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FSF_approved_software_licenses

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Note that in the FSF's mind, GPL-compatible means that the code can be subsumed by the GPL license. Basically, GPL-compatible + GPL = GPL.



--- Quote from: Norv on June 19, 2011, 04:09:37 PM ---It seems they require GPL only for extensions, that is, it sounds to me like they do NOT accept a GPL-compatible license.

I will look into this more throughfully though. To my knowledge of past issues as well as other open source projects, however, it is sometimes - like in this case - the choice of the respective software project to accept or disallow extensions licenses in the strictest interpretation of GPL possible - and by that, forbid even GPL-compatible licenses.

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All that means is that any Joomla!-SMF bridge would be required to be GPL-licensed. Even if it contains BSD-licensed code, the whole work would fall under the GPL terms by their view. Note that this is by design of the license.

Depending on how crazy you want to be, this could then go to an extreme where SMF in such a bridged configuration would be covered under the GPL license. Not a huge issue, that, since it only applies to distribution. However, SMF + a pre-installed Joomla! bridge would be required to be GPL-licensed then. Of course, I'm just speculating on that part. If you want to be sure, consult an experienced lawyer.

Kindred:
and this is yet another reason why GPL is the stupidest license in existence....

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