[Product-Developers] better than license include other package

[Wichert Akkerman]

On 2009-12-16 08:28, Mikko Ohtamaa wrote:
>>>
>>> Which license should I better.
>>> GPL or LGPL or Apache?
>>
>> Plone add-ons that require Plone must be GPL.
>
> GPL is a distribution license. It only applies if you distribute GPL
> based software. This would require you to distribute Plone + add-on
> combination in some form. Installing it on the server is not
> distribution.
>
> If you distribute add-on code WITHOUT Plone you can license it anyhow
> you wish as you are not distributing any pieces from the code.

Not if your code imports from Products.CMFPlone or other GPL'ed code, 
since that makes it a derived work according to all interpretations I 
have seen.

 > Unless you count imports from Plone namespace as "copyright work".
 > That is up to court to decide whether import falls under the threshold
 > of orignality and count as the remix of the orginal work. I assume the
 > existence of precedent cases vary country by country, but generally
 > GPL has not been court tested.

The GPL has had many victories in courts in multiple countries.

Wichert.



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