[Product-Developers] better than license include other package

Andreas Jung lists at zopyx.com
Wed Dec 16 09:23:55 UTC 2009


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schrieb Wichert Akkerman:
> On 12/16/09 10:16 , Mikko Ohtamaa wrote:
>>>> http://www.devspace.com/?p=10
>>>
>>> That page is about something completely different. Also note
>>> that the MySQL library is not a pure GPL but has a special
>>> exception clause redefines derived works, so that does not
>>> apply here either.
>>
>> That's why I stated they are "almost" similar cases... if the
>> plug-in API argument is tested somewhere then of course it would
>> make it a precedence. I hope someone could point such a
>> precedence. Even in that case it would just apply in certain,
>> common law country.
>>
>> Meanwhile, the world continues to be not black and white, but
>> grey, outside Plone too:
>>
>>
http://www.webmaster-source.com/2009/01/29/why-theyre-wrong-wordpress-plugins-shouldnt-have-to-be-gpl/
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If you listen to random developers, sure. I have seen so many
> developers make so many bogus claims about licensing that I do not
> put any trust in blog posts like that. Might I suggest that you
> use arguments from people who have a real legal knowledge instead?
> Places like groklaw, gpl-violations.org, the various FSF and
> related organisations, etc.
Could we come back to the original question about PortalTransform in
particular?

Andreas
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